| HALIBUT | But I join Hal and catch a fish |
| HAUL | You join Hal in an attempt to drag it out (4) |
| RUNDOWN | Pursue and catch a brief review (7) |
| LAGGARD | Awfully glad to catch a fish; a slow mover (7) |
| PIKELET | Catch a fish and obtain permission to cook it (7) |
| HEELTAP | Hal and Pete damaged layer of material in part of a shoe (7) |
| JOINTLY | How Hal and Al went into the butcher's business? (7) |
| OOLAKAN | Love to get on lake shortly with pole to catch a fish |
| PALTROW | Actress noted for her roles in Emma, Se7en, Shakespeare in Love, Shallow Hal and many other films (7) |
| BANGLE | Fish from the first boat and catch a bracelet (6) |
| DONNE | "Go and Catch a Falling Star" poet |
| TICKLE | Try to catch a fish, small fish with no head or tail (6) |
| FREEWHEEL | Operate independently unimpeded by wife and husband to catch a fish (9) |
| GALINGALE | "Ginger, it's too strong a wind to catch a fish" (9) |
| THROWAWAYLINE | Do this to catch a fish, adopting technique as a joke |
| TAKE | In his net, a keen angler can catch a fish? (4) |
| PRICE | Author, Willard, in whose Adventure books teenage zoologists Hal and Roger Hunt capture wild animals, encounter cannibals, journey on a whaling ship, search for mountain gorillas and study volcanoes ( |
| CHINCHILLA | Hal & I clinch a cat (10) |
| PELOTA | Basque sport in which players use wickerwork baskets to hurl and catch a ball (6) |
| COMO | Perry ___, U.S. singer whose hits include Magic Moments and Catch A Falling Star (4) |