| CHIMAERA | (Greek mythology) Fire-breathing shemonster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tai |
| CHIMERA | In Greek mythology, a fire- breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail (7) |
| FAUN | In Roman mythology, which rural deity had a man's body and a goat's horns, ears, tail and hind legs? (4) |
| SATYR | Woodland creature with a man's body and a goat's legs (5) |
| WYVERN | Two-legged winged heraldic beast with a dragon's head and a serpent's tail (6) |
| ANCESTRAL | An extraordinary crest with a lion's head handed down by family |
| SPHINX | Huge ancient Egyptian statue with a lion's body and a human or animal head, near the Pyramids at Giza (6) |
| CERBERUS | In Greek mythology, a three-headed dog with a serpent's tall and mane of snakes (8) |
| PAN | Greek god of fields, woods, shepherds, and flocks, represented as a man with a goat's legs, horns and ears |
| GRIFFON | Winged mythological creature with a lion's body and eagle's head (7) |
| GRIFFIN | Mythical creature with a lion's body and an eagle's head (7) |
| ALIEN | A lion's head - that is new and strange (5) |
| MANE | Hair on a lion's head |
| CORNUCOPIA | What symbol of plenty consists of a goat's horn overflowing with flowers, fruit, and vegetables? (10) |
| ABUTTER | Owner of house next door? And a goat, possibly |
| LEAR | King noted for saying "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!" |
| UPLYME | When you first met up with me, I was drunk in the Lion's Head near Yawl (6) |
| CATSPAW | Lion's Head's proteas and watsonias give indication of wind (4-3) |
| TANG | Word for a serpent's tongue or an insect's sting originally, later a barb, point, prong or spike; or, bite, punch or smack, as in flavour (4) |
| FLETCHER | One getting to claim lion's head as a Christian (8) |
