| WORKER | ___ ants are responsible for foraging for food, as well as caring for the queen and her offspring |
| ONION | Strange notion to lose time and food, as well (5) |
| NATURE | Being all for the queen and her aunt (6) |
| PERSONALTRAINER | Private train for the Queen and her own physical fitness instructor (8,7) |
| NOCTURNAL | They are ___ and spend their nights digging their tunnels and foraging for food. |
| HUNTER | Person who lived by foraging for food and killing wild animals (6-8) |
| GATHERER | Person who lived by foraging for food and killing wild animals (6-8) |
| RASORIAL | Scratching the ground for food, as chickens do |
| VIXEN | She wants the earth for her offspring (5) |
| CROP | Plant grown for food, as on a farm |
| LLAMA | Mother who hums to her offspring |
| LECUTHIN | Phosphatidylcholine, used as an emulsifier and stabilizer for foods as E322 (8) |
| SCAVENGING | Grass outside grotto no good for foraging |
| SCAVENGERY | Creepy archdeacon, say back inside for foraging |
| BRAMBLING | An orange-breasted finch ... foraging for blackberry fruits? (9) |
| BLACK | ___ house ants are attracted to sweet foodstuffs and are seen as pests as they scavenge in kitchens, dustbins and dog faeces |
| FIRE | Most ants bite and spray acid on the wound but ___ ants sting (from the abdomen) and inject a toxic venom |
| ROADBLOCK | The Jam or The Police are responsible for this and it annoys those in The Cars? (9) |
| SWISSGUARDS | Soldiers who guard the Vatican and are responsible for the safety of the Pope (5,6) |
| LEBRUN | Who was Marie Antoinette's portrait painter, painting over 30 portraits of the queen and her family? |
