| HORNBILL | Old World bird of tropical and subtropical forests with an enormous down-curved beak (8) |
| JACANA | Bird of tropical and subtropical marshy regions also called a lily-trotter |
| SCOPSOWL | Old World bird of the genus Otus with a whistling call |
| IBISBILL | Riverbank bird of Central Asia with a long curved beak (8) |
| SQUIRREL | --- monkey, small monkey of South American forests, with a yellowish coat and orange feet (8) |
| EAGLEOWL | Old World bird of prey (5-3) |
| UMBRELLA | The - bird of tropical America has a large overhanging crest (8) |
| THRESHER | Large shark of tropical and temperate seas, with a long whiplike tail (8) |
| CLEARING | Racing wildly to pen the Spanish running back into an area of forest with few trees (8) |
| SHOEBILL | Large wading bird of tropical E. African swamps (8) |
| PARADISE | Bird of -, tropical flower (8) |
| TOADFISH | Spiny-finned bottom-dwelling marine fish of tropical and temperate seas (8) |
| PALMTREE | Large but unbranched evergreen plant of tropical and warm regions (4,4) |
| CARACARA | New World bird of prey |
| CASHCROP | Caught in the forest with batch the agricultural worker relies on (4,4) |
| MORAY | The -- snake of tropical and subtropical America is marked with red, black, yellow and white bands (5) |
| CROCODILE | Large, carnivorous reptile of tropical and subtropical regions with a flattened body and tail (9) |
| YAMS | Starchy, edible tubers of a twining plant of tropical and subtropical regions (4) |
| YUCCA | Plant of tropical and subtropical America, with stiff lancelike leaves (5) |
| LONGAN | Evergreen tree of tropical and subtropical Asia having yellowish- white flowers and small white- fleshed fruits (6) |
