| GREYHEN | The female of the black grouse (7) |
| KIPLING | Source of the line "The female of the species is more deadly than the male" |
| GREYHENS | Females of the black grouse (8) |
| LEK | Small area of ground used for courtship displays by birds such as the black grouse and the bird of p |
| GOOSE | The female of the waterfowl forming part of a gaggle with its male counterpart the gander; an old English board game bearing a picture of said bird; or, a tailor's iron |
| TOOTHANDNAIL | "But the she-bear thus acoosted rends the peasant ___ _ _, for the female of the species is more deadly than the male": Rudyard Kipling (5,3,4) |
| MARE | The female of the horse, donkey, mule or zebra; a Latin word meaning sea; or, a type of basaltic plain on the Moon (4) |
| DOE | Perform the final bit for the female of the species |
| GILL | The female of the ferret; or, a respiratory organ of a fish (4) |
| DUCK | The female of the Aylesbury, mallard, teal or eider as opposed to its male counterpart the drake (4) |
| ASHEN | ... very pale, like the female of the species (5) |
| REEVE | The female of the wading sandpiper known as a ruff (5) |
| HIND | The female of the red deer |
| COW | The female of the bovine animals (3) |
| EWE | The female of the sheep (3) |
| PRINCESS | The female of the lemur; or, a square cut diamond (8) |
| REE | The female of the ruff (3) |
| JENNY | The female of the donkey; or, linked with spinning for a device invented by weaver James Hargreaves in 1770 (5) |
| BLACKBIRD | They were taken to Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century. The female of this species makes a nest of plant stems, grass, twigs, and roots in the shape of a cup. In the New World, the name of t |
| TETRAO | Genus of birds which includes the capercaillie and black grouse (6) |
