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First initial
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Clue
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Animal
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A
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Common, large, black bird of the USA
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American crow
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B
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Huge sea mammal with a body part in its name
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Bowhead whale
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C
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Farm animal which says "moo"
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Cow
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D
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Feathery-sounding species of bird which taps trees with its beak
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Downy woodpecker
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E
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Nocturnal hunting bird named after a magnificent raptor
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Eagle owl
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F
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Fish whose name begins with a colourful plant, then the pointy bit of a rhinoceros
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Flowerhorn fish
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G
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Firefly
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Glowworm
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H
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Primate which makes a loud noise like a wolf
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I
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Species of common, chirping urban bird from a European country
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Italian sparrow
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J
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Bird from the island where Jakarta is, which jabs at the petals of plants with its beak
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Javan flowerpecker
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K
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Four-word snake which can be defined thus: "Murderer", "Circus comedian", "Sphere" and "Large constrictor"
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Killer clown ball python
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L
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Huge primate not found in mountain areas
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Lowland gorilla
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M
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Another type of constrictor, named after the shine from Earth's satellite
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Moonglow boa
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N
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Flightless, chocolate-coloured bird from Auckland's isle
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O
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Hooting bird associated with wisdom
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Owl
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P
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If we assemble the words for "Dust", "Mail" and a type of insect, we can work it out
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Powderpost beetle
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Q
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Crustacean whose name appears to mean a 4-segmented version of Irish golfer Shane
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Quadrisegmentum lowryi
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R
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Relative of the cricket, a species named after an arc of multi-coloured light
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Rainbow grasshopper
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S
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Rare, light-coloured big cat of the Asian mountains
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Snow Leopard
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T
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European species of O named after a brownish colour
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Tawny owl
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U
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A cousin of the above, from the hills of central Russia
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Ural owl
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V
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Summer migrant bird with a long forked tail, which makes mud nests in barns; this species is purple and grass-coloured
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W
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Another summer migrant to Britain, a woodland bird named after a type of riverside tree
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Willow warbler
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X
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Species of frog whose name sounds more like a foreign cat which uses the Force
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Xenopus poweri
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Y
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Bunting whose name means a lemon-coloured tool for bashing nails in
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Yellowhammer
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Z
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Another chirping bird, named after a Mexican revolutionary
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Zapata sparrow
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