| BALEEN | Also known as whalebone, this series of stiff keratinous plates is used to strain copepods and other zooplankton, fishes, and krill from seawater. (6) |
| CYCLOPS | Genus of freshwater copepods, comprising over 400 species, with a single large eye |
| MUSIC | This series of aquilegia (columbine) varieties is vocal and/or instrumental sounds combined to produce beauty of form, harmony and emotion! (5) |
| APOLLO | The US looked towards the moon with the launch of this series of missions |
| RIDDLE | The puzzle that used to strain (6) |
| COLANDER | Business getting over big blow -- it's used to strain (8) |
| COLANDERS | Fellow parachutists? They are used to strain (9) |
| MUSLIN | Fine cotton fabric, often used to strain food (6) |
| HENNIN | It consists of a three- to four-foot high cone of stiff paper or starched linen that was covered with silk or other precious materials. In the middle of the 15th century, it was introduced to the Cour |
| CARD | One of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for |
| PARNELLHALL | Author of this series of crossword mysteries |
| TRIPTYCHS | Embellish crypt with this series of art works (9) |
| EARLY | Worm proverbially caught by this series of dianthus plants? (5,4) |
| CHAIN | Links make this series of stores (5) |
| ISLEOFMAN | Three legs characterise this series of races here (4,2,3) |
| BEGGARBELIEF | Fish swallowing egg that is beginning to float is to strain credulity (6,6) |
| SNEEZE | Start of stiff joints said to be sign of cold (6) |
| LEASH | Dog or falcon's tether, which one is said to strain at when eager to begin (5) |
| IFTHECAPFITS | Accept criticism of stiff pact he and I devised (2,3,3,4) |
| HORN | Keratinous substance |
