| BIPED | Human or emu |
| RATITE | Ostrich or emu, e.g. |
| BIRD | Rhea or emu |
| RHEA | Cousin of a cassowary or emu |
| ACRONYM | Eg, NATO or EMU |
| REDMEAT | Beef or emu |
| FLIGHTLESS | What you call the ostrich, kiwi, penguin, or emu |
| RYA | Name, homophonous with that of an ostrich- or emu-like nandoo, of a style of shaggy Swedish rug (3) |
| MOUSIER | More timid, or emu is in a flap (7) |
| MOB | Group of kangaroos or emus (3) |
| ENORMOUS | Mammoth or emus? No, bats! |
| IDOL | From the Greek for "form, shape, picture", an image or representation of a god revered as an object of worship; or, by extension, any greatly admired or loved human or thing (4) |
| SNIFF | A smell perceived through a human or scent hound's nose; an amount inhaled through said rhinal snoot; or, a hint, sign or other figurative whiff (5) |
| GARGOYLE | A grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a drainage spout. (8) |
| STATUE | A life-size or larger sculpture of a human or animal figure (6) |
| FOETUS | An unborn or unhatched offspring of a human or mammal (6) |
| ECORCHE | French word for "flayed", hence for a drawn, painted or sculpted representation of a human or animal body that has been thusly skinned (7) |
| RUMINANT | Word for a cow, deer, human or other animal given to literally or figuratively chewing the cud (8) |
| KISSERS | Buttons on bowstrings that are drawn back to archers' lips; slang for mouths or faces; or, humans or gourami who engage in osculation (7) |
| OID | "Human" or "fact" follower |
