| MUDSKIPPER | Fish of the Goby family that can move on land by means of its strong pectoral fins (10) |
| IRRIGATE | Water land by means of ditches etc (8) |
| BIGMOUTH | Name given to various fish species in the goby, skate and buffalo families (8) |
| REDPOLL | Small passerine bird of the finch family that can be common (Acanthis flammea) or hoary (A. hornemanni) (7) |
| MOOSE | Member of the deer family that can weigh over a thousand pounds |
| ANGELSHARK | Large bottom-dwelling fish with broad wing-like pectoral fins (5-5) |
| CHAMELEONS | Creatures that can move their eyes independently of each other |
| FLYINGFISH | Sea creature with winglike pectoral fins (6,4) |
| SLINGSHOTS | Hand-powered gizmos that can move rocks at blazing speed? |
| THEOREM | A statement or formula that can be deduced from the axioms of a formal system by means of its rules of inference (7) |
| TRAPJAWANT | Tropical social insect notable for its strong mandibles (7, 3) |
| SPAGHETTI | Angel hair-like pasta in the form of the long strings individuals would theoretically resemble if they were to fall into a black hole and be stretched by means of its noodle effect (9) |
| MANCHESTER | Male, pectoral city? (10) |
| BRUSH | Artist's tool for applying colour by means of its tip of bristles (5) |
| 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 |
| MANTA | Large ray of the family Mobulidae with very wide pectoral fins (5) |
| GOUJON | From the name of a small goby fish, French culinary word for a deep-fried strip of breaded chicken or sole (6) |
| HUMPBACK | A type of whale with long pectoral fins and knobbly head, noted for its noises (8) |
| TAB | Key that can move you to the next blank space on an online form |
| THOUGHTLEADER | One with a blue-sky mind-set toward an ideation architecture that can move the needle in the innovation space, say |
