| MAURITIUS | Indian Ocean island on which the dodo was driven to extinction probably by introduced feral animals |
| AVOCET | Known collectively as an orchestra, a wader that was driven to the point of extinction, partly due to the theft of its eggs for cakes and puddings (6) |
| EARLYBIRD | Catcher of worms, as the dodo was? |
| BITTERN | Aggrieved naturalist begins with bird that had been driven to extinction in Ireland |
| PROBOSCIS | A snout, no doubt, that's as long as... probably by half to start. (9) |
| ONTHECHEAP | Low cost, probably by cutting corners (2,3,5) |
| SODOR | Fictional island on which the books of The Railway Series by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry are set (5) |
| LEVEE | Type of embankment to which the Chevy was driven, in "American Pie" |
| JAVA | Island on which the Dutch introduced coffee in the 1600s |
| PITCAIRN | Island on which the mutineers from the Bounty founded a settlement (8) |
| CRETE | Island on which the god Zeus was born in Greek mythology (5) |
| RAROTONGA | Chief island of the Cook Islands, on which the national capital (Avarua) is located (9) |
| TORTOLA | Chief island of the British Virgin Islands, on which the capital, Road Town, is located (7) |
| VINTAGECAR | French wine label to tear up, which was driven from interwar years (7,3) |
| AVIETTE | Historical type of bicycle equipped with a biplane that was driven/flown solely by the strength of its pilot (7) |
| TARPAN | Which greyish Eurasian wild horse was hunted to extinction by 1919? (6) |
| BISON | North American animal which was hunted almost to extinction during the 19th Century (5) |
| CORFU | Island on which the Duke of Edinburgh was born (5) |
| TENERIFE | Island on which the Spanish playwright Mercedes Pinto was born (8) |
| AVALON | Legendary island on which the sword Excalibur was forged (6) |
