| STEER | Head of a |
| WARDEN | Head of a |
| LODGE | A gatekeeper's house; small country dwelling reserved for seasonal skiing/ shooting trips; a beaver's den; or, the residence of a head of a college (5) |
| MANTICORE | Monster having the body of a lion, the head of a man, and the sting of a scorpion |
| CREST | Tuft of feathers on the head of a bird such as a cockatoo, grey crowned crane or waxwing; or, a heraldic device on some coats of arms above the torse (5) |
| ANUBIS | What is the name of the Egyptian god of mummification and protector of tombs, usually depicted as a man with the head of a dog? (6) |
| DEAN | From the Latin meaning "chief of ten", the head of a university faculty; or, an actor in Rebel Without a Cause, one of only three films during his career (4) |
| SPHINX | With the head of a woman and the body of a lioness, a mythological Greek monster who proposed riddles to travellers (6) |
| DIVOT | Small piece of turf dug out of a grass surface, as by the head of a golf club (5) |
| MINOTAUR | Monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man (8) |
| CHARGER | Holds the head of a Baptist on the end of a phone (7) |
| SPHINXES | Egyptian statues with the body of a lion and the head of a man (8) |
| HALO | A ring of light around the head of a saint or holy person (4) |
| MERMAID | Marine creature with the head of a woman and the tail of a fish |
| CLOCK | Fluffy seed head of a dandelion; the name of the diminutive family in Mary Nortons novel The Borrowers; or, an item made by a horologist (5) |
| ASH | In Egyptian mythology, this benign god of the desert was depicted as a man with the head of a hawk |
| COCKROACH | Creature with the head of a bird and the tail of a fish (9) |
| MADAM | Head of a house of ill repute |
| STNICHOLAS | Head of a team of eight |
| PILEUM | Top of the head of a bird |
