| BOODIERAT | Rare species of an Australian marsupial (6-3) |
| KOALA | Knockout given in the fashion of an Australian marsupial (5) |
| RELICT | Surviving species of an otherwise extinct group |
| KOALABEAR | An Australian marsupial (5,4) |
| BILLABONG | Branch of an Australian river formed by an overflow (9) |
| SOAPOPERA | Home And Away is an example of an Australian one (4,5) |
| MACADAMIA | --- nut, the seed of an Australian tree with small, white flowers (9) |
| TASMANIAN | Citizen of an Australian state (35,042 sq miles; pop about 550,000 (9) |
| ADONIS | - blue; rare species of butterfly of south-facing herb-rich chalk grasslands; the male with turquoise or azure-coloured wings (6) |
| WOMBAT | An Australian marsupial resembling a small bear with short legs (6) |
| WALLABY | An Australian marsupial (7) |
| TWITCHER | One trying to spot many rare species of birds (8) |
| RHINO | Java has a rare species of one |
| RANEE | Rare species of rodent |
| BERMUDA | UK island territory in the north Atlantic to which a rare species of petrel is endemic (7) |
| CROCODILES | Gabon's Ivindo National Park, known for a rare species of these animals, made the list |
| TWITCH | A subduing twist of a horse's lip with a noose of the same name; a supposed nervous jerk, jolt, sudden start or proverbial feather-ruffling flutter of a birder when spotting a rare species; or, a pang |
| COMMONELM | Not a rare species ___ Ulmus Vulgaris? (6,3) |
| NATIVECAT | Australian marsupial, the quoll |
| BANDICOOT | Australian marsupial with long pointed muzzle and tail (9) |
