| NAGSHEAD | RSPB Nature Reserve in Forest of Dean... aged Nash redesigned (8) |
| SOUDLEY | _ Ponds, SSSI in Forest of Dean, for syndicate fishing (*loud 'yes!') (7) |
| FORSINARD | Sutherland location of an RSPB nature reserve (9) |
| SATINWOOD | Rested in forest of beautiful timber (9) |
| ORANGUTAN | Ape found in forests of Sumatra and Borneo (5-4) |
| INDRI | Lemur found in forests of eastern and central Madagascar (5) |
| ABERLADY | Large bay in the Lothians created, a Local Nature Reserve in 1952 (8) |
| BLAKENEY | ___ Point, saltmarsh and sand dune nature reserve in North Norfolk (8) |
| CAMARGUE | The ----, nature reserve in Rhone delta (8) |
| WALLASEA | ___ Island, man-made nature reserve in Essex (8) |
| GOSSMOOR | National nature reserve in Cornwall (4,4) |
| TUTORING | Working in place of Dean teaching others a lesson (8) |
| FINNIGAN | Gryffindor student and best friend of Dean Thomas, portrayed by Devon Murray, Seamus - (8) |
| SAUTERNE | Plonk second truck in RSPB reserve (8) |
| COPINSAY | Orkney island and RSPB reserve (8) |
| SCOTLAND | Country that is home to RSPB reserves at Copinsay, Fetlar and Nigg Bay (8) |
| TOPBRASS | Those highest in the pecking order fancy RSPB oats (3,5) |
| THEPLUDDS | Ted and his daughter have a plush new place in this hamlet in the Forest of Dean (3,6) |
| GALE | Related to Old Norse meaning "mad, frantic, furious", a strong wind; a storm at sea; or, an unrelated word for a plot of land granted to a freeminer in the Forest of Dean (4) |
| DENNIS | Forename of the dramatist whose works including Blue Remembered Hills and The Singing Detective are set in his native Forest of Dean (6) |
