| PUFFADDER | African snake which inflates the upper part of its body when excited (4,5) |
| GASSES | Inflates the ego of, with "up" |
| PADS | Inflates the expense account |
| DAMSELFLY | Slender insect of the suborder Zygoptera that folds its wings over its body when at rest (9) |
| ARMADILLO | Burrowing mammal of the Americas, with a covering of horny plates over most of its body (9) |
| IDIOPHONE | Class of musical instrument that generates sound by vibration of its body, typically by being struck (9) |
| GRAVITATE | Pull towards a body when Vi a target, maybe |
| LOVEBITES | I bet voles, when excited, show signs of arousal (9) |
| BOYFRIEND | Finer body when retrained becomes steady (9) |
| LIKEASHOT | Prefer, when excited, to demonstrate without hesitation |
| OVEREAGER | Ever a goer when excited? (9) |
| ROUGHNECK | When excited, hug or kiss thug (9) |
| PLASTERED | Dale's pert when excited or drunk (9) |
| BOOMSLANG | Barracks old archbishop keeping male African snake |
| ADDER | Puff ___ (snake that inflates its body when threatened) |
| TAIL | Part of its body that a dog wags and chases |
| TRACHEA | Stopping horse, run finger over a part of its body |
| WAGTAIL | Songbird named after how part of its body moves (7) |
| SYZYGY | Either of the two positions of a celestial body when sun, earth and the body lie in a straight line |
| SMOLT | Young river salmon when it is bluish on the upper half of its body and silvery along the sides (5) |
