| LORIKEET | Small parrot of Australia which feeds on nectar and pollen |
| LORY | Small brightly-coloured parrot with a brushtipped tongue for feeding on nectar and pollen, native to Australia and SE Asia (4) |
| TINDALE | Who, in 1940, coming from extensive research and field work, published a map of Australia (which now bears his name) showing the diversity of Aboriginal languages and nation groups? (7) |
| SUNBIRD | Colourful singing bird of the Nectariniidae family that feeds on nectar (7) |
| HOVERFLY | Insect often mistaken for a wasp or bee that feeds on the nectar and pollen of flowers (8) |
| AMBROSIA | The bee's knees of a treat nectar and pollen sweet! (8) |
| HONEYBEE | Social insect which collects nectar and pollen (8) |
| WAGGLE | Dance that a collector bee makes to tell the other bees in the hive that it has found a ood source of nectar and pollen |
| BEE | Makes honey from the collected nectar and pollen |
| VAMPIRE | Bat of Central and South America which feeds on the blood of birds and mammals (7) |
| COCKATOO | Parrot of Australia and New Guinea with an erectile crest |
| HONEYCOMB | A structure in which bees store their brood, mel and pollen; suggestive of this, a bewildering maze of caves, cells or rooms; cinder toffee or hokey-pokey; hexagonal smocking; muqarnas; or, waffle fab |
| VULTURE | Large diurnal bird of prey of the hawk family which feeds on carrion (7) |
| AARDVARK | Nocturnal mammal of the grasslands of Africa which feeds on termites (8) |
| TOWNSVILLE | City on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia which houses James Cook University (10) |
| RAINBOWLORIKEET | Colourful parrot of Australia (7,8) |
| SILKWORM | The larva of a particular Chinese moth, which feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree (8) |
| SPERMWHALE | Large cetacean which feeds on squid and has a massive oblong head (5,5) |
| FRUITBAT | Flying mammal of the suborder Megachiroptera which feeds on fruit (5,3) |
| HERBIVORE | Animal which feeds on grass and other plants (9) |
