| IZARD | Antelope biting head off reptile, say |
| ROC | Fabulous great bird biting head off reptile |
| TURTLE | Time to shoot head off reptile (6) |
| TAILGATER | One dangerously close behind posterior extremity, large reptile, say (9) |
| GECKO | Reptile, say, turned up initially crawling on floor (5) |
| SCALY | Like a fish or a reptile, say |
| MOBSTER | Criminal made mark, biting head off crustacean |
| ASP | Snake biting head off insect |
| EAGLE | Bird biting head off dog? (5) |
| EGRET | Wading bird biting head off rue |
| OWL | Bird of prey biting head off chicken |
| STRICH | Owl once biting head off another bird |
| INVITING | Welcoming one to Nevada by biting head off (8) |
| INFOCUS | Sharp cousin, several times removed, biting head off fellow (2,5) |
| TEETH | Those biting heads off tarantulas, eating even tiny hairs (5) |
| REARHORSE | Praying mantis, one involved in awful terror, she's biting heads off |
| CULLEN | Pick off reptile hiding in French 9 (6,5) |
| CHAMELEON | Beast of burden, one oddly biting head of harmless reptile |
| STINGER | Nightingale possibly biting head of terrified wasp, say? (7) |
| PLATYPUS | Drama over Manx cat biting head of tiny river creature |
