| SEAPERCH | Bluestripe -, name by which the common bluestripe snapper is also known (3,5) |
| ILEX | Plant genus of the family Aquifoliaceae to which the common European holly belongs (4) |
| INCAMERA | Popular snapper is kept away from public view (2,6) |
| AVICENNA | Name by which the Persian polymath who wrote The Book of Healing and The Canon of Medicine is known (8) |
| BUSHBABY | Name by which the small nocturnal primate galago is also known (4,4) |
| CORNLAWS | Name by which the measures introduced in Britain by the 1815 Importation Act were known (4,4) |
| LAWLORDS | Name by which the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary were also known (3,5) |
| VIETCONG | Name by which the National Liberation Front for South Vietnam was known during the Vietnam War |
| FISHINGTACKLE | Is this how snapper is trying to get the ball? You'd expect a catch at the end of this (7,6) |
| SANDPIPERS | Mangled snapper is pulled apart by 500 shorebirds (10) |
| FISH | He's a super swimmer: A red snapper is a colorful red ___ |
| REMBRANDT | Name by which the Dutch artist who created The Storm on the Sea of Galilee, Belshazzar's Feast, The Night Watch and The Syndics was known (9) |
| CARAVAGGIO | Born Michelangelo Merisi, name by which the artist who painted The Cardsharps, The Fortune Teller, The Lute Player and Basket of Fruit is known (10) |
| OMBUDSMAN | The ___, name by which the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration is also known (9) |
| DOGFISH | Name by which the small-spotted cat shark is also known in the UK (7) |
| ANVIL | Name by which the incus in the middle ear is also known (5) |
| LEVANT | The ?, name by which the area of the Mediterranean now occupied by Syria, Lebanon and Israel was formerly known (6) |
| WHISPERINGGALLERY | Name by which the walkway round the base of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral is known |
| WHISPERING | Name by which the walkway round the base of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral is known (10,7) |
| GALLERY | Name by which the walkway round the base of the dome of St Paul's Cathedral is known (10,7) |