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CROSSWORD Win a prize with WILD WORDS
our brain-teaser.
Compiled by RICHARD SMYTH

Answers in
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2017 issue

1) The definition for pilser
JUNE ANSWERS
Across: 1 Umbria, 5 A the condition of a fowl
Mudpuppy, 9 Snowrose, when moulting
10 Palila, 11 Corncockle, B a moth or fly that runs into
12 Wood, 13 Swiftlet, a candle flame
16 Sutton, 17 Attila, 19 C an old, toothless sheep
Tamarack, 21/28 Grey
Headed, 22 Sperm Whale, 2) The animal you associate
25 Balaar, 26 Browntop, with the adjective strigine
27 Elephant.
Down: 2 Mango, 3 Rowan, A an owl
4 Axolotl, 5 Meerkat, B a squirrel
6 Dippers, 7 Ullswater,
C a sealion
8 Paleozoic, 14 Water
Rail, 15 Fairy Wasp, 18
Austria, 19 Tree Bat, 20 3) The offspring of a goose
Mammoth, 23 Henna, A a hatchling Find out
24 Leone. B a poult the answers
JUNE PRIZE WINNER C a gosling on p115
Jane Willis Hampshire
4) The sound linnets make
ACROSS 25 Omnivorous mustelid of Arctic 6 Genus of the chilean pine tree (9)
1 Tusked wild pigs, native to Africa (8) Eurasia and Canada (9) 7 Waterbird of South America known A a hum
5 The __ deer, is one of the UK’s six 27 Coastal succulent plant, native to as the Argentine ruddy duck (4, 4) B a twitter
wild species (6) Africa but now widespread (3, 3) 8 Wading bird of north Africa, now C a chuckle
9 The ___ accentor is a relative of the 28 The kookaburra is also known as scarce; also known as the bald ibis (8)
dunnock and a rare visitor to the UK (8) the ___ jackass (8) 11 See 29 Across 5) The name for a female ferret
10 The ___ seal is found only around one 29/11 Book on invasive species by 15 Species of nightshade, grown for its
lake in northern Russia (6) Fred Pearce (3, 3/4) fleshy, edible, egg-shaped fruit (9) A a doe
12 New Zealand’s national bird (5, 4) 30 Australian bird species noted for its 17 Small, long-tailed monkey of B a jill
13 Evergreen conifer of the extraordinary ability to mimic, imitating South America (8) C a vixen
family Pinaceae (5) other bird calls and human sounds (8) 18 Old term for animals of the super-
14 ___ swiftlets construct their nests order Xenarthra, such as sloths, 6) The collective noun for larks
from saliva (4) DOWN anteaters and armadillos (8)
16 Edible mushroom also known as a 1 Plant with a thick green root; also 20 Amphibian that may be smooth A a dopping
bronze bolete (4, 3) known as Japanese horseradish (6) or great crested (4) B an exaltation
19 John James ___ (1785–1851) was an 2 ___ kelp, of the genus Nereocystis, 21 Marsupial related to the kangaroo (7) David Whitaker/Alamy
C a tiding
American wildlife artist (7) plays an important role in kelp forests (6) 22 Small songbird of New Zealand, also
21 Plant in the family Brassicaceae, 3 Great Lake, affected by the known as a brown creeper (6) Questions set by ADAM JACOT DE BOINOD
known for its use in making blue dye (4) introduction of sea lamprey (5) 23 The yellow-___ gull closely resembles
24Australian honeyeater that might 4 The Australian witchetty bush, the herring gull (6) COMPETITION WINNERS
be black-eared, yellow-throated, Acacia kempeana, is also known 26 Raptor whose nest is known as
Luxury stay in Ashdown Forest winner:
noisy or bell (5) as the ___ wattle (7) an eyrie (5) Siobhan Jones
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