| WATERBUFFALO | Bovid animal of swampy regions of South Asia, with wide, back-curving horns (5,7) |
| GAUR | A species of dark-coated wild cattle, inhabiting mountainous regions of South Asia (4) |
| WHITECEDAR | Coniferous tree of swampy regions in North America (5,5) |
| BROADMOOR | Wide back room need for a British psychiatric prison facility (9) |
| EVERGLADES | What is the swampy region of Florida located mostly south of Lake Okeechobee? (10) |
| GOAT | Leave at order of a bovid animal |
| ANTELOPE | Bovid animal |
| FENLANDS | Swampy regions, such as the Norfolk Broads (8) |
| FENS | Swampy regions |
| RHODODENDRON | Shrub native to south Asia with clusters of showy red, purple, white or pink flowers |
| RHESUSMONKEY | Name given to a macaque of South Asia, used extensively in medical research (6,6) |
| SUBCONTINENT | Indian ___, large part of south Asia (12) |
| NEPALI | Language native to the Himalayas region of South Asia (6) |
| CIVET | Catlike mammal of Africa and South Asia with blotched fur (5) |
| KASHMIR | Disputed region of south Asia |
| COATI | A member of the raccoon family, found in the rainforest regions of South and Central America (5) |
| IBEX | Wild mountain goat of Europe, North Africa and Asia with large, ridged, backward-curving horns (4) |
| GEOFFROY | The one-word name for this French zoologist inspired the common name of a small cat, found in mountainous regions of South America. |
| LLANO | Spanish word for 'plain', applied to treeless grassy regions of South America (5) |
| REDPANDAS | Small mammals with ringed tails resembling raccoons, of the mountain forests of South Asia (3,6) |