| SPINELESS | 5 like crabs, worms and insects, say? (9) |
| STEER | Young couple from 5 like 20 does in 4 (5) |
| FURTIVE | 'Armed in 5, like a thief (7) |
| DECAPODAL | Like crabs and lobsters with a shell covered by transfer design (9) |
| NEMATODES | Round-worms and thread-worms |
| WATERLILY | Aquatic plant with floating goblet-shaped flowers and heartshaped leaves that provide shelter and islands for frogs and insects (5,4) |
| ARTHROPOD | Hard troop running from insect, say (9) |
| FAVOURITE | ___ foods are clams. They can eat 3000 to 6000 at a time and will also eat molluscs, crustaceans, worms and even seals |
| ANTELOPES | 12Beasts and insects have run away (9) |
| SANDFLIES | Seal finds bananas and insects (9) |
| BUTTERFLY | Insect, say, with frail wings, by houses |
| INECSTASY | Insect, say, flying over the moon (2,7) |
| COCKROACH | Bird, fish and insect (9) |
| ASSAILANT | Trouble between animal and insect, one will attack (9) |
| LITTERBUG | Messy person has baby puppies and insect (9) |
| BRILLIANT | Great big centrepiece between a fish and insect (9) |
| PATCHOULI | Scent in incense and insect repellents |
| CECILBEATON | Constant redirecting of insects, say, frustrated photographer (5,6) |
| FLEES | Escapes insects, say (5) |
| BITTER | One giving a nip holding tip of toe, like crabs? |
