| DEESCALATION | A seal noticed waves slowing down |
| SEADOG | A Jack tar, old salt, pirate or sailor; a white rainbow as seen by a mariner; an antiquated word for a shark or a seal; or, a heraldic beast in the form of a talbot with a beaver's tail (3,3) |
| OTTERS | Resting underground in a holt or above ground in a couch/hover, an animal with a waterproof chocolate brown coat, a footprint known as a seal and a tail known as a rudder (6) |
| WASHER | Flat ring used either as a spacer between a nut and bolt or as a seal; or, a short word for a laundry machine that succeeded the dolly tub (6) |
| FLIPPER | Flat limb of an aquatic animal such as a seal, turtle or dolphin; or, a lever in a pinball machine (7) |
| ALASKA | Only state whose seal shows a seal |
| CYGNET | Heard a seal and a young bird (6) |
| NOTARIZE | Certify with a seal as a document |
| SIGNET | A seal or a young bird, say (6) |
| COWABUNGA | Frighten a seal with a joyful outburst |
| ALLEGES | Declares that a seal has a hidden leg! |
| ORGANICBEEF | What often carries a U.S.D.A. seal |
| CACHET | EC has a chat with a seal (6) |
| ANDRE | 1994 children's film about a child's encounter with a seal |
| INSULATINGTAPE | Putting in a seal possibly as a safety measure in equipment (10,4) |
| TRICKERY | "Nature, in her fantastic ____ had set such a seal of maidenhood upon Tess's countenance that he gazed at her with a stupefied air" (Thomas Hardy) |
| INTAGLIO | A seal, gem, etc ornamented with a sunken or incised design (8) |
| ZIPFASTENER | A seal with teeth eats fern after chewing on a duck |
| GARNET | That ugly duckling sounded like a seal - must've been a little swan all along! (6) |
| NSA | U.S. org. with a seal featuring an eagle and a key |
