| OPOSSUM | Thick-furred marsupial of the Americas, with an elongated snout and a hairless, prehensile tail (7) |
| RACCOON | Name a small nocturnal carnivore, arboreal in habit, and having a sharp snout and a bushy ringed tail (7) |
| BABOON | A large, ground-dwelling monkey with an elongated snout and large canine teeth (6) |
| COATI | Omnivorous mammal of Central and South America, with a long flexible snout and a brindled coat (5) |
| OCELOTS | Medium-sized wild cats of the Americas with tawny coats featuring black spots and streaks (7) |
| PIEBALD | Food for a hairless horse! (7) |
| ARMADILLO | Burrowing mammal of the Americas, with a covering of horny plates over most of its body (9) |
| OCELOT | Feline species of the Americas with a marbled coat |
| JACARANDA | Tropical plant of the Americas with blue or purple flowers (9) |
| TAPIR | Mammal of South and Central America and southeast Asia with an elongated snout |
| YAPOK | Marsupial of the Americas also called the water opossum (5) |
| WEST | Geopolitical term for Europe and the Americas, with "the" |
| SIMONREEVE | Television documentary presenter whose name completes the 2019 BBC Two series The Americas with - - - - - - (5,5) |
| POSSUM | Thick-furred marsupial (6) |
| WEEVIL | A beetle with an elongated snout, feeding on plants and plant products (6) |
| CHILE | Only country in the Americas with a female president |
| MET | Largest art museum in the Americas, with "the" |
| OPOSSUMS | Rodent-like marsupials of the Americas |
| KANGAROO | Any large herbivorous marsupial of the family Macropodidae, found in Australia and New Guinea (8) |
| FLYINGPHALANGER | Any small Australian marsupial of the genera Petaurus and Petauroides, also known as gliders (6,9) |
