A Little Bit of Everything

4. Surprisingly, these lagomorphs are considered to be distinct from rabbits.
6. The collective term for a group of crows.
9. Opposition to a movement calling for the disestablishment of the Church of England.
11. This Mediterranean island has a popular chess opening bearing its namesake.
12. An illness that can arise from improperly sanitized or raw foods, characteristically causing facial paralysis.
13. A file type commonly used in peer-to-peer filesharing systems; also a term for fast-moving water.
14. A toxic metal, a planet, and a Roman god.
16. This endangered, striped herbivorous animal is also called the "Congolese giraffe".
17. Alongside the platypus, this solitary creature is one of the few mammals that lays eggs.

1. A large, long-lived seabird, often used in poetry to represent a heavy psychological burden.
2. An instrument that is played without physical contact.
3. The study of birds.
5. In Greek mythology, the personification of Earth and the mother of all life.
7. The master of ceremonies of a circus act.
8. The taxonomic rank below Kingdom.
10. A constructed, phonetic alphabet for the English language, based on the Shavian alphabet.
15. Despite its name, this sweet treat is baked rather than cooked.