Solutions Month appropriate for this puzzle (in the Northern Hemisphere) has 7 entries with similar clues
- autumnSeptember to November in the Northern Hemisphere
- pegasusConstellation in the Northern Hemisphere near Andromeda and Pisces
- equatorLine separating Northern and Southern Hemispheres
- eurasiaLarge Northern Hemisphere landmass
- acanthusThistlelike shrub with spikes of flowers
- terrybutcherformer rangers defender who managed inverness caledonian thistle, 2009-13
- woolly-mammothExtinct shaggy coated animal of the Northern Hemisphere