| EXPERIENCE | Rural women suffer the worst during climate breakdown, but this ... means they are also more able to withstand the weather shocks. (10) |
| SUMMONS | This means they are courting your presence (7) |
| BEARTHEBRUNT | Suffer the worst (4,3,5) |
| ANALYST | I have a breakdown, but I can deal with it (7) |
| UNTAPPED | Earthlife Africa's Nomalizo Xhoma queries why rural women, who have learnt to adapt to climate breakdown are an ... resource. Like that gadget at the end of the wine papsak I need right now. (8) |
| DIURNAL | Two-toed sloths are nocturnal, being most active at night. While three-toed sloths are ___ which means they are most active during the day |
| SHOCK | Climate change is an old word. Now you get climate breakdown, chaos and the latest to describe a massive event is a climate... bzzzt. (5) |
| SODSLAW | I've had enough of salad - but this means I'm bound to get some! |
| DECIMALPOINT | Number to order at home during climate change has period look (7,5) |
| JANEFONDA | Grace and Frankie actress who, in 2019, was arrested four times in one month during climate protests |
| BREASTWORK | Defence playing worst during counterattack |
| MIMICRY | Tigers have been know to hunt by ___. This means they can imitate the sounds of certain prey animals while they wait in ambush |
| RABIES | They can contract and spread ___ if bitten by an infected animal. This doesn't mean they are all infected. |
| CARNIVORES | These cats are ___. This means they only eat meat |
| MILKY | The dung beetle is the only known non-human animal to navigate and orient itself using the ___ way during night time operations. They are also able to use the sun and the moon for navigation |
| TURACO | The grayer forms, most of which are called go-away birds (because the calls of some are "g'way, g'way"), are found in more open woodland, including savanna. They are also called louries or plantain-ea |
| RECYCLE | Rural women cook, wash, cart water and more, but they also do something great for the environment. Think round and round. (7) |
| MOLLUSCS | Most members of this group of animals live in the sea, but they are also successful on land and in fresh water. (8) |
| STY | "It was also more suited to the dignity of the Leader ... to live in a house than in a mere ___" (line from "Animal Farm") |
| NOCTURNAL | The platypus is usually ___, coming out at night or twilight to feed, sometimes they are also active on overcast days |
