| SEASLUGS | Common marine creatures found in NZ, some of which are toxic (3,5) |
| EAGLE | ___ ray - marine creature found in NZ estuaries and harbours (5) |
| TRILOBITES | Marine creatures found in fossils |
| TRILOBITE | Common marine fossil |
| SEAWEED | Common marine alga (7) |
| HORSESHOECRAB | Marine creature found in bay, possibly on small beach, or swimming (9,4) |
| MANOWAR | Portuguese --- --- ---, marine creature found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans (3,1,3) |
| REINDEER | Santa's sleigh-bearers, some of which are in answers to asterisked clues (8) |
| CENTAURS | Mythical creatures found in the Harry Potter series' Forbidden Forest (8) |
| WILDCATS | Rare creatures found in Scotland (8) |
| SORGHUM | Genus of about 25 species of plants in the grass family, some of which are grown as cereals for human consumption, and others in pastures for animals (7) |
| DERVISH | Member of any of various Muslim orders of ascetics, some of which are noted for a whirling dance (7) |
| BEHEMOTH | Huge creature found in shell of bizarre male insect? (8) |
| BODY | Bad typos scattered around the back of newspaper, some of which are here (4,5) |
| PARTS | Bad typos scattered around the back of newspaper, some of which are here (4,5) |
| URBAN | Four banquets, some of which are held in the city (5) |
| ROYALMINT | Government-owned company producing up to 90 million coins and blanks a week, some of which are subject to the periodic trial of the pyx procedure (5,4) |
| CROSSANDRA | Genus of tender exotic plants from Africa and India, some of which are known as firecracker plants (10) |
| AARDVARK | First creature found in a dictionary (8) |
| MINOTAUR | Mythical creature found in the Labyrinth? (8) |
