| SHRIMP | A decapod crustacean with a slender flattened body, long tail and a single pair of pincers (6) |
| LANGUR | Agile, arboreal Old World monkey with a slender body, long tail and hands, and long hair around the face (6) |
| MAGPIE | Bird with a black-and-white plumage, long tail and a chattering call (6) |
| CRAB | Decapod crustacean, usually with a thick exoskeleton and single pair of pincers (4) |
| PRAWN | Small edible marine decapod crustacean with a long tail and two pairs of pincers |
| TEN | Number of legs for a decapod |
| PIKE | This fish is recognized by the elongate body, long head, shovellike snout, and large mouth armed with strong teeth. It shares its name with a long medieval weapon. |
| FETAL | With 16-Down, presences in a mother's body, long after birth |
| RODENT | Placental mammal having a single pair of incisor, 'gnawing', teeth (6) |
| TURKEY | Bird with a fanned tail and a vocalisation called a "gobble" (6) |
| WYVERN | Winged heraldic beast with a serpent's tail and a dragon's head (6) |
| EARWIG | Insect with a pair of pincers attached to its abdomen |
| PRINCE | Royal borne out of pincer movement(6) |
| TWAYBLADE | Any orchid of the former genus Listera, now included in Neottia, characterised by a single pair of broad basal leaves (9) |
| FLY | Flying insect with a single pair of transparent wings (3) |
| SCULLING | Rowing with a single pair of oars (8) |
| EAGLERAY | A fish with a flattened body, large, triangular fins, flat teeth and a long tail (5,3) |
| PUG | An old word for a fox; an informal name for a boxer; an animal's footprint; or, a little carlin with a curled tail and a wrinkled face, whose snorts and snuffles inspired its collective name "grumble" |
| FLIES | Insects which have a single pair of transparent wings (5) |
| SKATE | A large ray of temperate and tropical seas, having a short spineless tail and a long snout (5) |
