| PHASMIDS | Stick or leaf insects that use camouflage (8) |
| PAGEANTS | Displays of leaf insects (8) |
| BLENDS | Uses camouflage, with "in" |
| HIDES | Uses camouflage |
| APPENDAGE | A soft extremity in leaf insect's leg perhaps (9) |
| PAGEANT | Leaf insect's colourful display (7) |
| TRAWLERS | Fishing boats that use nets (8) |
| EUROZONE | One of the collective names for the countries that use the money symbolised by the euro sign as their currency (8) |
| ARCLAMPS | Lights that use ionised gas to produce light waves (3,5) |
| SEXTANTS | Maritime navigational instruments that use angle between the horizon and a celestial body. |
| STEM | Section forming part of a ship, bike, wine glass, watch, musical note or letter; or, a structure that supports a flower, fruit or leaf (4) |
| SLIP | Root, or leaf or bud) removed in order to propagate a new plant from it, through rooting or grafting (4) |
| SASSAFRAS | Bark or leaf extract used medicinally or in perfumery (9) |
| FELINE | Cats get away from leaf insect - it behaves like a cat (6) |
| BETEL | Narcotic leaf insect picked up (5) |
| FLEA | Camouflaged leaf insect (4) |
| INTHEFIRSTPLACE | Leaf insect, thrips, largely destroyed before now (2,3,5,5) |
| SATIRE | Television or stage shows that use humour or irony to expose flaws in society(6) |
| DUELS | Face-offs that use swords or guns |
| PARASITIC | Species that use another species as a host are commensal or ___ |
