| SEAHORSES | Fertilized eggs in these fishes, which are also know for their upright swimming posture and horse-like head, are carried by the males. |
| MEERKATS | Slim, pointy-faced mammals known for their upright pose |
| TORPEDOES | Fishes which can give electric shocks (9) |
| EELS | These fishes are known for their elongate wormlike bodies and include freshwater types and marine morays. |
| RUDDS | These fishes are often mistaken for roach (5) |
| NESTS | Birds lay their eggs in these |
| NATE | Silver who founded a political site whose name consists of three numbers ... which are also the lengths of the three words in each theme entry |
| VIALS | Little bottles, half a dozen of which are also unfinished (5) |
| STIRRUPS | Tack items which are also bones of the ear |
| SEAHORSE | Upright-swimming marine fish in which the male carries the fertilised eggs; genus Hippocampus, family Syngnathidae (3,5) |
| MANTIS | Insect known for its upright posture and folded 'arms' (7,6) |
| PRAYING | Insect known for its upright posture and folded 'arms' (7,6) |
| PRAYINGMANTIS | Large-eyed carnivorous insect with upright posture and folded front limbs (7,6) |
| AYKROYD | Writer and actor, best know for his roles in comedies Ghostbusters and The Blues Brothers, Dan ------- (7) |
| JOHNDONNE | Who wrote "I am two fools, I know, / For loving, and for saying so / In whining poetry" |
| DONNE | "I am two fools, I know, / For loving, and for saying so / In whining Poetry" writer |
| ZYGOTES | Fertilized eggs |
| OOSPORES | Fertilized eggs |
| WITOADFE | Frog that carries fertilized eggs on its back, literally? |
| SWIMMING | In which sport did Johnny Weissmuller win three gold medals at the 1924 Olympics? (You may also know him as the actor who played Tarzan) |
