| CLIVIA | Tender S African bulbous houseplant sometimes called the Natal lily (6) |
| STRAP | Natal lily leaves are ___-shaped... sections turned back (5) |
| IMPALA | Animal sometimes called the "McDonalds of the bush" due to the "M" on its rear (6) |
| OSPREY | It's sometimes called the fish-hawk (6) |
| WRASSE | Humphead ___ (fish sometimes called the king of the coral reef) |
| BAOBAB | Deciduous tree sometimes called the upside-down tree (6) |
| GEORGE | ____ Martin, record producer sometimes called 'the Fifth Beatle' (6) |
| STBEDE | Seventh/eighth-century Anglo-Saxon theologian, sometimes called the "Father of English History" (2,4) |
| SAPPHO | Ancient Greek poet sometimes called the "Tenth Muse" |
| FRANCE | Country sometimes called the Hexagon |
| DENALI | Landmark sometimes called "The Great One" |
| CORN | - - - - lily, common name for African bulbous plant ixia (4) |
| LXIA | Genus of South African bulbous plants with funnel-shaped flowers and sword-shaped leaves (4) |
| IRIS | South African bulbous plant with funnel-shaped flowers and sword-shaped leaves (4) |
| IXIA | Genus of South African bulbous plants with funnelshaped flowers and swordshaped leaves (4) |
| SAUDIARABIA | Kingdom sometimes called 'The Land of The Two Holy Mosques' in reference to Mecca and Medina, the two holiest places in Islam (5,6) |
| ALCOR | The stars in the Big Dipper's handle, sometimes called the Horse and Rider; Mizar and ... |
| NEMESIS | Sometimes called the Daughter of the Night, which goddess in classical mythology looked after the retribution and vengeance of the gods? (7) |
| TOOL | The woodpecker finch of the Galapagos Islands sometimes called the ___-using finch (4) |
| GRENOBLE | French city on the Isere sometimes called the "capital of the Alps" (8) |
