| TIDDLER | A small fish such as a minnow or stickleback (7) |
| FISH | Word originally for any creature living in water as opposed to a "beast of the field" or a "bird of the air", later a more specific aquatic vertebrate, such as a minnow, salmon or trout (4) |
| PERCH | Branch upon which a bird sleeps standing up; or, according to Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, a 'bold biting fish' to be caught with a minnow or a little frog (5) |
| PARR | Word traditionally ascribed to the full moon in April; colour that takes its name from a sweet william-like flower; the chaffinch or its call; or, a name for a minnow or a samlet (4) |
| PONK | Regional word for a minnow; or, a colour such as blush or rose (4) |
| ANCHOVY | A small fish resembling a herring with a strong, salty taste that can be used as a pizza topping (7) |
| PIKELET | Thin kind of crumpet - or a small fish? (7) |
| GUDGEON | A small fish with a trunnion (7) |
| BUMMALO | A small fish of southern Asian coasts, dried and used as food (7) |
| MOTTLED | Blotched - like a stickleback's flanks (7) |
| SKIPPER | Sea-captain gets a small fish (7) |
| CAPELIN | A small fish of the smelt family (7) |
| SEASIDE | Beach view includes a small fish (7) |
| SARDINE | Cooked diners a little fish (7) |
| BELLIES | Those of three-spined sticklebacks turn red in breeding season (*see Bill) (7) |
| STURGEON | Common name of a ganoid fish, such as a beluga or sevruga, valued as a source of caviar and isinglass (8) |
| STREAMER | A long tapering pennon; a light display of the aurora borealis; a banner headline; or, a fishing fly designed to mimic a minnow |
| SERRANOID | A fish such as a grouper or sea bass (9) |
| BAIT | Something that attracts a fish such as a worm on a hook |
| PINK | A minnow; a coastal fishing boat; a tinkling sound; a chaffinch; the gillyflower allied to the carnation, Cheddar Gorge "firewitch", sweet william and other "flowers of Zeus" in the genus Dianthus or, |
