| STERNAL | Related to the |
| CELERIAC | Root vegetable related to the Root vegetable related to the parsnip eaten roasted, pureed as soup or grated raw and served with remoulade or bresola as a canape (8) |
| ROYALFERN | Species of plant Osmunda, related to the species depicted as a single leaf on the emblem of the All Blacks (5,4) |
| HYACINTH | Flower related to the bluebell; or, the name of the character played by Patricia Routledge in Keeping up Appearances (8) |
| APREHENSILETALE | What the old spider monkey related to the rest of the troop? |
| HOBBY | Falcon related to the kestrel, merlin and peregrine; a swift-flying bird catching dragonflies on the wing with a Latin name used for the game Subbuteo (5) |
| RAVEN | Known collectively as an unkindness, a buzzard-sized bird related to the crow,jackdaw, jay and rook; one of the avian guardians of the Tower Of London (5) |
| ERICA | Related to the heathers in the genus Calluna, the Latin name of heaths (5) |
| LEEK | Eaten by the ancient Egyptians, purportedly a favourite of Nero and worn into battle by the Welsh, a vegetable or allium related to the onion and shallot (4) |
| EMU | Closely related to the ostrich but smaller, what name is commonly given to either of two flightless, |
| DESMAN | Semiaquatic European mammal related to the mole such as the Pyrenean ___ (6) |
| DIASTOLIC | Related to the relaxation phase of the heart |
| SCAD | Fish related to the pompano and the amberjack |
| ALEWIFE | Fish related to the haddock, common off the north-east coast of America (7) |
| BUCKEYE | North American tree related to the horse chestnut such as the Ohio ? or Yellow ? (7) |
| OKAPI | Related to the giraffe, this animal with zebra-like markings lives in the Congo's Ituri Rainforest |
| JACKAL | African or South Asian animal, closely related to the dog, which feeds on the kill of other animals (6) |
| CRAKE | The spotted ___, Porzana porzana, is a waterbird related to the water rail (5) |
| CHTHONIC | From the ancient Greek for "earth", related to the underworld |
| SCILLA | A plant of the lily family related to the bluebell bearing blue starshaped flowers and with long glossy straplike leaves |
