| ASPEN | The world's largest organism by mass, known as Pando, is this type of tree |
| PHORESY | The carriage of one organism by another (Zool.) |
| GENERAL | Wide-ranging groups of organisms by lake (7) |
| AGAR | Substance first suggested for growing micro-organisms by Fannie Hesse |
| SHOE | This type of 'tree' is used for retaining the shape of footwear! (4) |
| JAZZCELLIST | The 2022 MacArthur "genius grant" winners were announced on Oct. 12; Tomeka Reid, who is this type of musician, "draws from a range of musical traditions," per the award announcement |
| CAGEFIGHTER | Yana Santos, who is this type of athlete, returned to competition in 2017 after the birth of her daughter |
| SPRINTER | Botswana won its first ever Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer; it was won by Letsile Tebogo, who is this type of athlete |
| HYENA | Featured in The Lion King, Shenzi is this type of carnivore |
| OPENAIR | The Globe Theatre in London is this type of venue (4-3) |
| REINDEER | Sven in the 2013 animated film Frozen is this type of animal (8) |
| WARTHOG | Pumbaa in The Lion King is this type of animal (7) |
| HISTORIAN | Lucy Worsley, who presented the quiz show Puzzling, is this type of expert (9) |
| VETERINARY | Outside of cricket, Scottish international Hannah Rainey is this type of surgeon, interrogate naive Terry (10) |
| DOLL | Malibu Stacy, which Lisa owns in The Simpsons, is this type of toy (4) |
| DOCTOR | Julius Hibbert is this type of professional in The Simpsons (6) |
| BANYAN | India's national tree is this type of fig (6) |
| BIRCH | Twigs from this type of tree were commonly used in corporal punishment. (5) |
| DIVING | The cormorant is this type of bird (6) |
| FISH | The mudskipper is this type of animal (4) |
