| HABITATS | Porcupines can adapt to most ___ including dense wet forests and the most barren of deserts |
| LEANEST | Most barren meadow where birds found (7) |
| DANUBE | A cyanide spill in 2000 left parts of which European river's ecosystem barren of life? (6) |
| TREELESS | Barren (of landscape) |
| KELP | Wet forest growth |
| OSNABRUCK | German city in Lower Saxony, on the Hase River between the Teutoberg Forest and the Wiehen Mountains (9) |
| CANDYLAND | Board game with a path through the Peppermint Forest and the Lagoon of Lord Licorice |
| MIDDLEEARTH | Home of Fangorn Forest and the Misty Mountains |
| MILAN | It is the capital of the region of Lombardy (Lombardia) in northern Italy. It is a leading financial centre and the most prosperous manufacturing and commercial city of Italy. In The Tempest (act 1, s |
| CAITLYN | ___ Jenner, parent of 36D and 50D, step-parent to 28A and her siblings - and the most famous transgender woman in the world! (7) |
| PIGEONS | These birds (about 250 known species) occur worldwide except in the coldest regions and the most remote islands. They all strut about with a characteristic bobbing of the head. In The Merchant of Veni |
| DETERRENT | It's meant to put one off trend tree can adapt to (9) |
| SYDNEY | Capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia, site of the bridge nicknamed the |
| MANHATTAN | The oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City |
| BUSHDOG | Also called the savannah dog, this small, stocky canine is found in the forests and savannas of Central and South America. It's a rare species, considered near threatened by the IUCN. |
| SPECIES | Many of their ___ plan their route to reach their prey and can adapt when the situation changes |
| TREBUCHET | What threw stones at the cur, bet can adapt to (9) |
| INSULATOR | A non-conductor of train soul can adapt to (9) |
| PLASMA | 'Fourth' state of matter, and the most abundant in the universe; comprising approximately equal numbers of superheated ions and electrons (6) |
| PASSABLE | The Hart Trophy goes to the "player adjudged to be the most _ to his team" |
