| RODENTIA | Genus of small gnawing animals including porcupines, rats and mice |
| RODENTS | Small gnawing animals (7) |
| RODENT | Small gnawing or nibbling animals that include rats and mice (6) |
| VERMIN | Pest animals such as rats and mice (6) |
| MURINE | Of rats and mice |
| CERAMIST | Potty scientist maybe mistreated rats and mice (8) |
| ACADEMIC | A rat and mice dissected -- it's educational (8) |
| COMMISERATE | Express sorrow at some rat and mice in trouble |
| EQUUS | A genus of animals including horses, donkeys and zebras (5) |
| EARLYAUGHTS | Genus of small perennial plants of the campanula family, having various common names including silvery dwarf harebell, wheel bell, rock bell or grassy bell (11) |
| PICASSO | Artist who created a series of minimalistic line drawings of animals including dog, owl and mouse (7) |
| FOOD | Mosquitoes are a reliable source of ___for thousands of animals, including birds, bats, dragonflies, and frogs |
| KIT | Dancing-master's pocket violin or pochette; a flock of pigeons; a basket for holding fish; or, the offspring of animals including the ferret, mink, rabbit and squirrel (3) |
| BOAR | Male of many animals including the pig, hedgehog and badger (4) |
| CALF | Young of many animals including the cow, elephant, rhinoceros and whale (4) |
| SOW | Female of animals including the bear, badger, hedgehog and mink (3) |
| ALYSSUM | Genus of small-flowering plants - if sweet its genus is Lobularia (7) |
| BULL | Male of animals including the cow, bison, whale, elephant, rhino and seal (4) |
| CUBS | Young of animals including foxes, bears and lions (4) |
| NERITINA | A brackish and freshwater genus of small aquatic snails with opercula |
