| VITRIOL | Oil of ___ , another name for sulphuric acid (7) |
| INERTIA | Principle of ____, another name for Newton's first law of motion (7) |
| MINERVA | Owl of ___, another name for the little owl (7) |
| SISTERS | The Seven ____, another name for the star cluster The Pleiades (7) |
| CLASSIC | Fall ___ another name for the annual MLB World Series played betwen the champions of the American League and the National League |
| DIBASIC | Compound of deuterium, iodine and barium so like sulphuric acid |
| OXIDANT | Animal DNA mutated in it, a chemical like sulphuric acid (7) |
| WHITECLOUD | Land of the Long ___. Another name for this puzzle's theme (5,5) |
| TRASH | Pass the ___ (another name for Anaconda)* |
| MARJORAM | Wild ___ (another name for oregano) |
| WHALE | The ____, another name for the constellation Cetus |
| UTE | Sport ___ (another name for an SUV) |
| PIGLET | Moss ___, another name for the tardigrade or water bear (6) |
| BREADTREE | The monkey ___ ___ , another name for the baobab (5,4) |
| PEAR | Alligator ___ (another name for an avocado) |
| TSE | K'ung Fu-___ (another name for Confucius) |
| ALOE | American ___ (another name for the century plant) |
| HYACINTH | Wild ____, another name for a bluebell (8) |
| BANDIT | One-armed ____, another name for a fruit machine in gambling (6) |
| LYNX | Red ___, another name for a bobcat |
