| BAMBOO | What is the largest member of the grass family? (6) |
| MUSKIE | This is the largest member of the pike family of freshwater fish |
| KILLER | This whale, the largest member of the dolphin family, is jet black on top and pure white below with a white patch behind each eye. (6) |
| TIGER | What is the largest member of the cat family? (5) |
| ELK | Which is the largest member of the deer family? (3) |
| ORCA | Toothed whale that is the largest member of the oceanic dolphin family (4) |
| GENTOO | Third-largest member of the penguin family, found on the Falklands and other subantarctic islands; Pygoscelis papua (6) |
| HORNET | Largest member of the wasp family (6) |
| KILLERWHALE | Also called an orca, the largest member of the dolphin family; one of the fastest marine mammals (6,5) |
| JERSEY | Largest member of the Channel Islands (6) |
| REED | Tall, hollow, slender-leaved member of the grass family (4) |
| PEAFOWL | Often kept on the grounds of a country estate and known collectively as a muster, ostentation or a pride, the largest member of the pheasant family (7) |
| OAT | Member of the grass family |
| GERMANIC | Typical of the largest member of the EU and its people (8) |
| BASSIST | A musician who plays the largest member of the violin family (7) |
| KOMODODRAGON | National animal of Indonesia, the largest member of the suborder Lacertilia |
| PUMAS | These animals are the largest members of the cat family in North America |
| DOG | Wolves are the largest members of the ___ family |
| RICE | Plant of the grass family whose seed is an edible grain |
| SPINIFEX | Plant of the grass family which grows in sand dunes (8) |
