| TARSIER | Primate with large goggling eyes, the animal's most striking feature, and native to Southeast Asian islands, including the Philippines. |
| TIGER | A large, fierce, flesh-eating animal of the cat family with a tawny coat striped with black and native to most of Asia |
| TAMEST | The animals most easily suited to leads (6) |
| RAMBUTAN | Tree native to southeast Asia with bright red edible fruit (8) |
| LYCHEE | The fruit of a tropical tree native to southeast China (6) |
| FLATNOSED | The ___-___ pit viper is native to Southeast Asia (4-5) |
| GIBBON | A small, slender tree-dwelling ape native to Southeast Asia (6) |
| ARECA | Genus of tall palms native to SE Asia with egg-shaped nuts |
| BUSHBABY | African primate with large eyes and ears (4,4) |
| SURROUNDSOUND | Home theater feature, and a feature of the answers to the starred clues? |
| PALM | Banana __ (tree native to Southeast Asia) |
| BUSH | Small primate with large eyes |
| METHOSE | "The moon was all aglow; And heaven was in your eyes; The night that you told ... little white lies" |
| REGICIDE | See with your eyes the greed which caused the king's death (8) |
| KNOBBLIER | To the eye, the lumpier part of Kreuzberg leading to river in Berlin is wild? (9) |
| BEADYEYES | Ratlike feature, and a hint to a feature of the four starred answers |
| HEADLINENEWS | The most striking reports of chief shipping company from all quarters (8,4) |
| GAUR | Bovine native to SE Asia |
| MISERY | Deep gloom with motorway to southeast and railway (6) |
| ESTEEM | Looking back, come together close to southeast with due respect (6) |
