| MAMBA | Deadly African snake that, despite its name, is not black. Instead, it ranges in colour from gray to dark brown, with a lighter underside. |
| PUFFADDER | Venomous African snake that distends its body when irritated (4,5) |
| DAINTIEST | Instead, it turned out most refined (9) |
| POLYCHROME | City behind college and church is not black and white (10) |
| DYEPURRS | *Indications that a cat is happy that its fur changed from gray to green, say? |
| REDYE | Change from gray to black to red? |
| CLEARUP | Go from gray to blue |
| IRONMAN | Triathlon that, despite its name, is not just open to males |
| SEASNAIL | An abalone, cowrie, dog-whelk, ocean butterfly, oyster drill, periwinkle or purple topshell; or, a creature that, despite its name, is not a mollusc but a tadpole-like vertebrate allied to lumpsuckers |
| POLECAT | Ferret relative that, despite its name, is not a feline |
| ARBYS | Contrary to popular belief, its name is not derived from its trademark sandwich |
| MINORCA | Mediterranean island that, despite its name, is the second largest in its archipelago |
| LIFEEXPECTANCY | Per 2006 estimates, it ranges from 33 in Swaziland to 84 in Andorra |
| HEATHER | Used by the Picts for ale and thriving in the Scottish Highlands, a flower ranging in colour from amethyst to shell pink, regarded lucky in its white form (7) |
| MISTER | It is used as a form of address to a man who: name is not known (6) |
| PYROCLASTICFLOW | A fluidized "flowing" mixture of hot rock fragments, hot gases, and entrapped air that moves at high speed in thick, gray-to-black, turbulent clouds that hug the ground. (11,4) |
| PEKOE | Orange ___ (tea that, despite its name, is actually black) |
| ATLAS | Series of mountain ranges in northwestern Africa, running generally southwest to northeast more than 1,200 miles (2,000 km) through the Maghreb, from the Moroccan port of Agadir in the southwest to th |
| JADE | Semiprecious stone used for making jewellery that varies in colour from white to green (4) |
| NEPHRITE | Variety of jade consisting of calcium magnesium silicate, ranging in colour from white to dark green; from Greek, ' kidney' (8) |
