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December 2019 BBC Wildlife 97

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Crossword compiledbyRICHARD SMYTH, quiz setbyADAM JACOT DE BOINOD

AC ROS S
8 parakeet,NewWorldbirdextinct
since 1918 (8)
9 bullfinch,songbirdendemicto
SãoMiguelIsland(6)
10 Sparrowhawk-likeraptorofAsia
andAfrica;alsoknownasthelittle
bandedgoshawk(6)
11 TuftedplantofthegenusLolium(8)
12 EdibletaprootofBetavulgariswith
pink/purpleflesh(8)
13 Oneofthethreerecognised
subspeciesofAsianelephant(6)
14 MyFamily___, 1956 GeraldDurrell
memoir(3,5,7)
18 Songbirdthatmaybebare-faced
orhairy-backed(6)
20 Youngclover,suchasTrifolium
dubium; symbolofIreland(8)
23 Largecrustacean,chiefly found
in cold seas (4, 4)

OCTOBERANSWERS

ACROSS:1 welcome

swallow, 10 Apium, 11

crossbill, 12 mallard,

13 Diptera, 14 lifer, 16

magpie-jay, 19 sugar

cane, 20 asses, 22

arbutus, 25 vervain, 27

Asianpear, 28 urine, 29

gallantsoldier.

DOWN:2 ediblefig, 3

comma,4 macadamia,

5 sword, 6 Alsophila,

7 Loire,8 wallaby, 9

mammal, 15 Rarotonga,

17 greyvireo, 18

jessamine, 19 siamang, 21

sundew, 23 brill, 24 smelt,

26 round.

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24 Migratoryfish-eatingraptor,

presentatRutlandWaterfrom

MarchtoSeptember(6)

25 Africanbirdsuchasplantain-eater

andgo-away(6)

26 Smalltreesometimes known

asgoldenrain (8)

DOWN

1 Eurasianshrubgenus,notedforits

scentedflowersandbrightberries(6)

2 Australasianparrotthatmaybe

MajorMitchell’s(8)

3 ___pheasant,gamebirdendemic

toTaiwan(6)

4 Bulkyfinchwitha parrot-likebill

thatfeedsonconiferseeds(6,9)

5 Floweringperennialherb,popular

withhoverflies;usedtotreatsleep

disorders(8)

6 ___ ground-weaver, rare dwarf

spider,endemictotheUK(6)

7 Gastropodmolluscsuchasa

whelkorabalone(3,5)

15 Marinemolluscoftenconsidered

a ‘livingfossil’(8)

16 Parasiticplantalsocalled

commonbroomrape(8)

17 BrownowlofNewZealand,related

totheAustralianboobook(8)

19 WaterplantintheWolellagenus

ofduckweeds(6)

21 Single-celledorganismthathas

theabilitytoalteritsshape(6)

22 Genus of tiny 7 Down (6)

1)denitionforichthyomancy

(coinedin1693)

A fortunetellingwithananimal’s

shoulderblade(egofa sheep)

B fortunetellingwithfishheads

orentrails

C divinationby the movements

ofmice

2)animalyouassociatewith the

adjectivespheniscine

A a penguin

B a mole

C a sealion

3)ospringofa crocodile

A aninfant

B a juvenile

C a hatchling

4)soundmade by vultures

A a squeal

B a scream

C a screech

5)namefor a male European

badger

A a buck

B a boar

C a hob

6)collective noun for locusts

A a drift

B anarmy

C a swarm

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