| SOLITARY | Wombats are ___ animals and will try to avoid each other when on the surface. |
| MESSY | Like a breakup where both people avoid each other for a while afterward, maybe |
| SOCIAL | Poison dart frogs are ___ animals and live in groups of 4-10 |
| SIMONE | With 8-Down: American gymnast who's already won 7 Olympic medals (4 of which were gold) and will try to add to that total in Paris |
| MARSUPIALS | Wombats are ___. |
| HERBIVORES | Wombats are ___. They only eat plants. |
| MARTYRS | They have a death wish and will try arms, possibly (7) |
| BYTE | What did one computer say to the other when it wanted to go out to brunch? "Wanna get a ___ to eat?" |
| FLAIL | Strike wildly, going from one side to the other, when feeble (5) |
| BREWUP | Exploded from one side to the other when tea-making (4-2) |
| AUSTRALIA | Wombats are native to ___. |
| TOSSUP | An even chance the matador will try to avoid it (4-2) |
| INTERCONNECT | The tunnels wombats dig can sometimes ___. When underground females generally get along with other wombats while males prefer to be alone. |
| IRONY | "Let's dance to Joy Division, and celebrate the___," The Wombats (5) |
| WATERBOATMAN | Bug, ant and wombat are confused |
| NOCTURNAL | They are ___ animals |
| THREE | There are ___ species of wombat. The common wombat which has a bare nose. The northern hairy-nosed wombat and the southern hairy-nosed wombat both of which have hairy noses, softer fur and larger ears |
| TRIOS | The Cribs, the Subways, and the Wombats, e.g. |
| ISOLATE | Keep her apart from the others when Lois comes to tea! (7) |
| ETAL | And others, when referring to authors of academic books (2,2) |
