| SCORPION | An arachnid with a pair of large nippers and a tail noted for its venomous sting (8) |
| HMV | The trademark of this music company featured Nipper and a wind-up gramophone (1,1,1) |
| FUNNELWEBSPIDER | Pen friend blew us away, it's venomous (6-3,6) |
| HARVESTMAN | An arachnid with a small, rounded body and very long, thin legs (10) |
| TRAPEZIUS | Either of a pair of large triangular muscles extending over the back of the neck and shoulders |
| LOBSTER | A sea creature with a pair of large claws (7) |
| WALRUS | Marine mammal with a pair of large tusks |
| ALLIWANT | 10 19's timely tale of nipper and nippers (3,1,4,3,9,2,2,3,5,5) |
| AMMONITE | Fossil of an arachnid one day found lying hidden (8) |
| 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) |
| MERMAID | Legendary creature with a head of a woman and a tail of a fish (7) |
| SPITZ | Type of dog with very thick fur, pointed ears and muzzle and a tail that curls over its back (5) |
| HARVESTSPIDER | An arachnid with very long legs, typically seen in the autumn (7,6) |
| ARTHROPODS | Animals with 2 pincers and a tail with a sting |
| SATYR | Male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse (5) |
| DADDYLONGLEGS | Arachnid with a small body and slender limbs (5,8) |
| SCORPIONS | Arachnids with a sting in the tail (9) |
| KITE | Toy with a string and a tail |
| ABNORMALITY | Seen to have one bony arm and a tail and some other malformation |
| DRAGONFLY | Insect having large eyes and two pairs of large transparent wings (9) |
