| TABBY | Brown or grey cat with distinctive darker stripes (5) |
| SNOWLEOPARD | Grey cat with dark markings from central Asia (4,7) |
| NELLY | Clematis '___ Moser' has palepink petals with darker stripes (5) |
| LYNX | Wild cat with distinctive ear tufts |
| LEOPARD | Majestic big cat with distinctive rosette patterns |
| SMOKE | What is a popular name for grey cats? (5) |
| TABBIES | Common grey cats (7) |
| TAWNY | Common European bird with reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes and a round head (5,3) |
| NODDY | Seabird that may be brown, black, lesser, blue or grey (5) |
| HOARY | White or grey with age (5) |
| BURMESE | Short-haired domestic cat breed typically having a brown or grey coat and green or grey eyes (7) |
| RUSTED | Variety of apple or its reddish brown colour; or, a type of historical homespun brown or grey cloth (6) |
| SHARK | Ocean animals such as a white pointer, hammerhead or grey nurse (5) |
| STEEL | Fish under stone, kind of blue or grey (5) |
| CRANE | Long-legged bird that might be whooping, sandhill or grey-crowned (5) |
| USNEA | Pale-green or grey, moss-like lichen, common on rocks and trees. (5) |
| SEALS | Harbour or grey types of these animals may be seen in Scotland (5) |
| SPARROW | A small bird with a brown or grey plumage that feeds on seeds or insects (7) |
| BRINDLED | An animal's coat that has brown or grey streaks or patches of a darker colour (8) |
| CHESTNUT | A tree of the genus Castanea with reddish-brown or grey bark (8) |
