| MILLEPEDE | Invertebrate whose name derives from the Latin for thousand feet (9) |
| SEAANEMONE | Invertebrate whose name sounds like five letters of the alphabet |
| MILLIPEDE | Creature that's supposedly a thousand feet long? (9) |
| SPIDER | Invertebrate whose species include the redback and Goliath birdeater |
| LEECH | Invertebrate whose best-known species is Hirudo medicinalis |
| MUNRO | Scottish mountain over three-thousand feet |
| REEL | One thousand feet of film (4) |
| DIGITALIS | Poisonous plant whose name derives from the Latin for "finger" |
| OMBUDSMAN | Watchdog for thousand American friends in the country (9) |
| PEREGRINE | - falcon; stooping to speeds of up to 242 mph, Earth's fastest bird and animal whose name derives from the Latin meaning "pilgrim" (9) |
| MILLENIUM | Mum takes ill and I get a measure for 1000 years (9) |
| CLEARWELL | Forest of Dean village and former ancient manor, with nearby mines said to have been worked for thousands of years (9) |
| HATHAYOGA | Fitness discipline for thousands of years |
| ANGUILLA | Island in the Caribbean whose name derives from the Latin word for eel (8) |
| ROSEMARY | Herb whose name derives from the Latin for "dew of the sea" (8) |
| AQUAMARINE | A greenish-blue colour whose name derives from the Latin for 'water of the sea' (10) |
| KENNEL | Word for a dog's house or hut that derives from the Latin name for said creature; a pack of hounds; or, the den or lair of a fox (6) |
| SGOOSE | A black, dusky, hazel, red, ruffled, sage, spruce or willow game bird that is small and plump, yet its name derives from the Latin word for the tall slender long-legged bird, the crane (6) |
| SPINET | Little harpsichord whose name, which may derive from the Latin for "thorns", refers to the shape of the tiny quills that pluck its strings (6) |
| PORPOISE | Mammal whose name derives from the Latin words for "pig" and "fish" |
