DECEMBER ANSWERS

Across: 1 Nicaraguan, 6 swan, 9 slender oat, 11 slug, 13 mountain goat, 16 roebuck, 17 spindle, 18 ladybug, 20 Morocco, 21 brown fantail, 24 tool, 25 Honsh wolf, 26 Skye, 27 ecosystems

Down: 1 Ness, 2 Chew, 3 Red columbine, 4 gerenuk, 5 nit, 7 willow dock, 8 night heron, 10 Adams, 12 antirrhinums, 14 trilobites, 15 dendrology, 19 guano, 20 mitosis, 22 mole, 23 efts, 25 hue.

DECEMBER WINNER

J Sanderson, West Yorkshire