| LYNX | Beast of the cat family (4) |
| OUNCE | Wild beast of the cat tribe that turns on cue (5) |
| PUMA | Fourth largest of the cat family, found mainly in the mountains of North and South America (4) |
| LION | Fierce animal of the cat family (4) |
| SNOW | Also known as an ounce is this endangered member of the cat family, the ... leopard |
| 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) |
| YETI | Legendary beast of the Himalayas? (4) |
| DEER | Word originally for any four-footed creature, later a grazing cervid and royal beast of the chase (4) |
| GOAT | Horned beast of the zodiac |
| VETI | Mythical beast of the Himalayas |
| BOAR | Beast imagined in "Beasts of the Southern Wild" |
| YAKS | Beasts of the East |
| OXEN | Beasts of the field |
| WILD | "Beasts of the Southern ___" (2012 movie with a noted fireworks scene) |
| CANID | If a felid is a member of the cat family, what is a member of the dog family called? |
| TIGER | Largest member of the cat family (Felidae). It is endangered throughout its range, which stretches from the Russian Far East through parts of North Korea, China, India, and Southeast Asia to Sumatra. |
| JAGUAR | Also known as "el tigre" or "tigre americano," this animal is the largest New World member of the cat family. It was once found from the U.S.-Mexican border southward to Patagonia, Argentina. |
| BIGCATS | Large members of the cat family, like lion, tiger, leopard and cheetah (3,4) |
| PUMAS | These animals are the largest members of the cat family in North America |
| CHEETAH | Large member of the cat family, the fastest land mammal (7) |
