| WILDFOWL | - & Wetlands Trust; modern name of the charity founded in Slimbridge by ornithologist Sir Peter Scott in 1946 (8) |
| TOPSECRET | Perhaps, Peter Scot is very highly classified (3-6) |
| CAPALDI | Peter ----, Scot who played 12th 1ac (7) |
| CRUELTY | The letter 'C' in the name of the charity RSPCA stands for this (7) |
| NSPCC | Abbreviated name of the charity that operates the service c (1,1,1,1,1) |
| RSPB | Abbreviated name of the charity whose original logo of the creature described in 5 Down was designed by Robert Gillmor (1,1,1,1) |
| PETERSCOTT | British naturalist; founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge in 1946 |
| SCOTT | British naturalist; founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge in 1946 (5,5) |
| PETER | British naturalist; founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge in 1946 (5,5) |
| SIR | Artist, yachtsman and naturalist, a founder of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust and the World Wide Fund for Nature (3,5,5) |
| ANZIO | Modern name of the ancient Italian town Antium, birthplace of the emperors Caligula and Nero (5) |
| MEXICOCITY | Modern name of the settlement conquered by Cortes in 1521 (6,4) |
| BODRUM | Modern name of Halicarnassus in ancient Turkey, whose Mausoleum was one of the Seven Wonders of the World (6) |
| SLIMBRIDGE | Glos. home of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (10) |
| DHAKA | What is the (modern) name of the capital of Bangladesh? (5) |
| JAFFA | Modern name of the ancient city Joppa, from which the biblical prophet Jonah set sail (5) |
| BLACKSEA | Modern name of the ancient Pontus Euxinus, lying between SE Europe and Anatolia (5,3) |
| WATERFOWL | Aquatic bird such as a duck, goose or swan, or any one of those inhabiting the wetlands founded by Sir Peter Scott at Slimbridge (9) |
| BRITISHLEGION | The Royal _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , charity founded in 1921 that supports members and veterans of the UK Armed Forces (7,6) |
| BRITISHREDCROSS | Charity founded in 1870 in the aftermath of the Crimean War (7,3,5) |
