| CHESHIRECAT | Creature with a distinctive grin |
| FROG | A spiky device for floristry; an ornamental loop fastening used with a braided/tasselled button/olivet; a creature with a croak amplified by means of its balloon-like vocal sac; or, a belt strap for a |
| MERMAID | Legendary creature with a head of a woman and a tail of a fish (7) |
| CHIMERA | Female creature with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail |
| HARPY | In Greek myths, a ravenous creature with a woman's head and trunk and a bird's wings and claws (5) |
| THELOVEBOA | Dramedy set on a luxury cruise ship ... whose captain is a creature with a romantic squeeze? |
| SCYLLA | Lawyer with regressive associate - a fierce creature with a taste for sailors |
| CRUSTACEAN | A curse can't upset a creature with a tough exterior (10) |
| OCTOPUS | Creature with a siphon and a beak |
| TURTLE | A sea creature with a shell and flippers (6) |
| LANTERN | The ___ fish is a small deep-sea creature with a series of luminescent spots along the body (7) |
| SEAURCHIN | Sea creature with a global body in a spiny covering (3,6) |
| SATYR | Woodland creature with a man's body and a goat's legs (5) |
| WALLABY | Creature with a way to get a ball back in (7) |
| MINOTAUR | In Greek mythology, a creature with a bull's head and man's body (8) |
| CENTAUR | In Greek mythology, creature with a man's head, arms and torso and the lower body and legs of a horse (7) |
| LOBSTER | A sea creature with a pair of large claws (7) |
| PORTUGUESE | Jellyfish-like sea creature with a sail-like crest and a highly poisonous sting (10) |
| MANOFWAR | Jellyfish-like sea creature with a sail-like crest and a highly poisonous sting (3-2-3) |
| PARROTFISH | Brightly coloured marine creature with a beaked mouth, named after a bird (10) |
