| PEACRAB | Crustacean that's the size of a tiny vegetable |
| KESTREL | American raptor that's the size of a mourning dove |
| ELAND | African antelope that's the size of a moose |
| TRIO | Group that's the size of the Dixie Chicks |
| ELITE | Best type? That's the size of it |
| ATOM | Basic unit of matter consisting of Rutherford's "gold foil" discovery of a tiny-massive nucleus within a cloud of electrons likened by said scientist to planets orbiting the sun (4) |
| DRAGEE | Cake decoration in the form of a tiny silver ball or bead; sugar-coated nut; chocolate drop with a candy shell; or, a medicated sweet (6) |
| PEA | Tiny vegetable often mashed for a baby |
| KIWI | Though it's only about the size of a grape, the sweet little ___ berry is bursting with the flavor of the 10D that it's named for |
| SPREAD | An expanse; a bedcover; butter, jam or pate applied to bread; a country estate; a double page; a feast; the size of a gem from above; or, wingspan (6) |
| AMOEBIC | In the morning, ordered OBE, in charge of a tiny creature (7) |
| MIGHT | Could be the sound of a tiny creature (5) |
| BOOBYTRAP | Practical joke in the form of a tiny bra? (5,4) |
| PRAWN | Crustacean that's yet to be cooked in case of poison (5) |
| LOBSTER | Crustacean that's trapped in a 'pot' (7) |
| CYCLOPEAN | Giant storm almost engulfing tiny vegetable (9) |
| EYE | A giant squid has the largest one on the planet, about the size of a human head |
| RATKANGAROO | The potoroo, a marsupial about the size of a rabbit (3-8) |
| ELL | The size of a letter by the sound of it (3) |
| ORANGUTAN | Species that's endangered as a result of a tiny alteration in Trump's tone (9) |
