| SLOWWORM | Eurasian legless lizard, with a brownish-grey snake-like body (8) |
| COLLARED | --- dove, European bird with a brownish-grey plumage and a black band on the back of its neck (8) |
| RHEBOK | A small South African antelope with a brownish-grey coat (6) |
| GRASPTHENETTLE | Grey snake with defective teeth let nobody initially deal with the problem (5,3,6) |
| GRASP | See grey snake (5) |
| DUNNOCKS | Birds giving a brownish grey fantail a nasty sock! (8) |
| OSTRACOD | Tiny crustacean with a shrimp-like body enclosed in a bivalve shell (8) |
| BLACKCAP | A brownish-grey warbler, also known as the northern nightingale (8) |
| LINDWORM | Wingless dragon that's born out of legless lizard |
| BASILISK | Mythical lizard with a lethal glance, mentioned in Shakespeare's Cymbeline and Richard III and existing in the world of the Harry Potter books (8) |
| WHIPTAIL | Lizard with a jerky gait |
| BLACKSEA | An inland ocean-like body of water bordered by countries including Bulgaria, Romania, Russia and Ukraine (5,3) |
| EEL | Fish with a long snake-like body (3) |
| TABBY | A textile such as silk or taffeta with a watered pattern; or, a cat with a brownish-greyish brindled coat (5) |
| ROAN | What describes a horse with a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey? (4) |
| TAUPE | A French mole, or a brownish-grey colour |
| RUDDYDUCK | North American bird with a brownish-red neck and upper body (5,4) |
| FUR | Tasmanian devils have a stocky, thick-set, squat build with a brownish, black ___ |
| BANJO | African in origin, this instrument was popularized in the United States by enslaved people in the 19th century. It has a tambourine-like body with a hoop and a screw that secure the vellum belly to th |
| NUDGE | Elbow back, for example, a brownish-grey horse (5) |
