| WOODLAND | Natural habitat also called boscage, whose springtime flora in ancient examples often includes bluebells, lily of the valley, primroses, oxlips, ramsons and violets (8) |
| MEADOWS | Based on "to mow", grassland habitats also called hayfields/leas (7) |
| ABBEYS | Monastic buildings with gardens whose medieval examples often included bakehouses (6) |
| MIZMAZE | A type of turf labyrinth of which two ancient examples remain in England; or, a state of bewilderment, perplexity or puzzlement (7) |
| SQUID | Colossal ___, marine animal filmed in its natural habitat for the first time in 2025 |
| ORGAN | Heart, for example, often played on in festive spirit (5) |
| TEMPLE | Structure of which Angkor Wat and Karnak are famous ancient examples (6) |
| LIZA | She won her first Tony for playing Flora in "Flora, the Red Menace" |
| WOODOWL | Name, in reference to its habitation of boscage, forest or other sylvan abode, for the brown/tawny hooting bird of the night, Strix aluco (4,3) |
| LIONS | Existing in prides and depicted in Born Free, animals whose natural habitats include the Serengeti and Masai Mara (5) |
| POSTE | Surname of the heroine "Flora" in Stella Gibbons' Cold Comfort Farm, portrayed by Kate Beckinsale in a television film adaptation (5) |
| TUSCANY | Home to DOP wines Chianti and Montepulciano, region of Italy whose capital Florence holds works including Botticelli's Primavera and Trtian's Flora in the Uffizi Gallery (7) |
| BIODIVERSITY | Variety of fauna and flora in a habitat (12) |
| ENTITLEMENT | Northern bird nesting in its natural habitat? That's right (11) |
| BIRDWATCHING | The hobby of observing avifauna in their natural habitat (12) |
| INFESTATION | Trouble with vermin in empty farmhouse, creature's natural habitat |
| AXOLOTL | Critically endangered amphibian species whose only natural habitat is Mexico City's Lake Xochimilco |
| SAFARI | An expedition to observe animals in their natural habitat (6) |
| CAFETIERE | Dispenser of drinks in its natural habitat to draw on (9) |
| VIVARIA | Areas for raising animals and plants in natural habitat (7) |
