| WATERVOLE | Ratty's species in The Wind in the Willows |
| BOATING | In The Wind in the Willows, one of Ratty's favourite pastimes (7) |
| OTTER | Ratty's "Wind in the Willows" friend |
| LOBSTER | The most important commercial crustacean in Europe and the only extant species in the genus Nephrops (6,7) |
| NORWAY | The most important commercial crustacean in Europe and the only extant species in the genus Nephrops (6,7) |
| HORDERN | Teacher turned actor remembered for Shakespearean roles, parts in many films and as the voice of Paddington Bear and of Badger in The Wind in the Willows (7) |
| CLOTHEDHOPPER | The well-dressed Mr. Toad in "The Wind in the Willows"? |
| RATTY | Name of the water vole in The Wind in the Willows (5) |
| LARGEST | Tigers are the ___ cat species in the world reaching up to 3m in length and weighing over 300kgs |
| BONOBO | One of two species in the genus Pan, the other being the chimpanzee |
| SQUIRREL | Bushy-tailed rodent that has two species in the UK, the red and the grey (8) |
| POSIDONIA | Seagrass plant, called the "lung of the Mediterranean" and a protected species in the Balearics |
| ELEPHANT | Either of the two living species in the order Proboscidea |
| JAGUAR | The largest cat species in the Americas (6) |
| ENTS | Tree-like species in The Lord of the Rings |
| SWAN | Waterbird whose smallest species in the UK is the Bewick's (4) |
| GOLDCREST | Bird with a claim to be the smallest species in the UK |
| TOAD | In The Wind In The Willows he sang, of himself, "The clever men at Oxford; Know all that there is to |
| RIVERBANK | Fictional home of the water vole Ratty in The Wind in the Willows (9) |
| SHEPARD | Artist whose illustrations are immortalised in The Wind in the Willows and Winnie-the-Pooh (7) |