| RINGTAIL | Name given to several creatures, including Bassariscus astutus, which inhabits arid northern Mexico |
| SIMPSON | Arid Northern Territory area, ... Desert |
| ANTLIONS | Little creatures including relation not posh but having pride? |
| GOLIATH | Biblical name given to several giant plant varieties (7) |
| RAMESES | Name given to several pharaohs of the New Kingdom (7) |
| INTENSO | Name given to several strong coffees made by Nespresso (7) |
| CLAM | Common name given to several kinds of marine bivalve molluscs (4) |
| YEO | Name given to several rivers in the South West of England |
| RHINELAND | Name given to several areas of Western Germany (9) |
| TELSTAR | Name given to several US communications satellites |
| FRITILLARY | From the Latin for "dice-box", the liliaceous "chess flower" or "snake's-head" with delicate bell-shaped purple or white chequered blooms; or, the name given to several butterflies of similar pattern |
| FIR | Name given to several coniferous trees (3) |
| ARGUS | Io's guardian, whose 100 eyes were transferred to a peacock's tail and name was given to several pheasants and various eye-spotted butterflies; or, any vigilant watcher/observer (5) |
| CAESAR | Title given to several Roman emperors |
| TAPEWORM | Parasitic ribbon-like flatworm the adult of which inhabits the intestines of vertebrates (8) |
| AARDVARK | Nocturnal mammal which inhabits African grasslands and feeds on termites (8) |
| DIPPER | Bird resembling a large wren which inhabits fast-flowing streams (6) |
| TUATARA | Large spiny lizard-like reptile which inhabits islands off New Zealand (7) |
| AGAMA | Small terrestrial lizard which inhabits warm regions of the Old World (5) |
| TIMBERWOLF | Canis lupus, animal which inhabits forested areas of North America (10) |
