| CAMOUFLAGE | The Giraffe's coat patterns actually serve as ___, blending with shadows and leaves. |
| OKEEFFE | Painter of "Pelvis with Shadow and the Moon" and "Cow's Skull with Calico Roses" |
| PINTOS | Horses with tobiano coat patterns, maybe |
| MEASUREUP | A supreme blending with main ingredient from Burgundy -- cut the mustard? (7,2) |
| INFUSING | Tea-making involves blending, with Indian tips going in first (8) |
| CHAMELEON | Built clean home - one blending with nature (9) |
| SITCOMS | Shows such as "What We Do in the Shadows" and "The Golden Girls" |
| ALLENDE | Peruvian-born Chilean author of novels including The House of the Spirits, Of Love and Shadows and Eva Luna (7) |
| THIRLBY | Olivia ___, star of films Above the Shadows and The Wackness (7) |
| VERMEER | Dutch master whose treatment of shadow and light in his paintings including Girl Interrupted at her Music, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Astronomer and The Lacemaker is thought to have been aided by |
| FREDDYCARTER | Star of the BBC series Free Rein and the Netflix series Shadow And Bone (6,6) |
| RAISEDTHEROOF | Presumably, accommodated the giraffes and made a lot of noise about it (6,3,4) |
| MATTBERRY | Star of Toast Of London, What We Do In The Shadows and Year Of The Rabbit (4,5) |
| TAKEABACKSEAT | Keep in the shadows and startle one in group (4,1,4,4) |
| CASTOVER | Cover, as with shadows |
| UNIQUE | Each member has a ___ coat pattern and can be identified individually. |
| BARNES | Ben _, actor in the TV shows Westworld and Shadow And Bone (6) |
| LEIGH | Author Bardugo of the "Shadow and Bone" trilogy and "Ninth House" |
| GAFFE | Sir, leaving the giraffes will be a social mistake (5) |
| KICK | The Giraffes defence mechanism is to run or give a powerful ___. |
