| BUGBEAR | Insect on animal's a source of annoyance (7) |
| SPANNER | A wrench for applying torque to nuts and bolts; or, a source of annoyance or hindrance (7) |
| OFFENCE | Barrier's a source of annoyance? (7) |
| PETHATE | The rogue interrupting head is a source of annoyance (3,4) |
| ACONITE | Poisonous plant - source of annoyance once it spreads (7) |
| CHEETAH | Animal's a fraud, they say (7) |
| PIGLETS | Animals a detective has left inside |
| MEERKAT | Small animal's a sweet runner, per Spooner (7) |
| CHERUBS | That woman surrounded by young animals - little angels! (7) |
| EPIGRAM | Joke in the end on animals - that's witty (7) |
| DEWLAPS | Flaps of skin on animals' necks |
| SADDLES | Leather seats on animals, bicycles etc. |
| FAUNIST | Female is accepted by one to advise person up on animals |
| THORN | Prickle of a may tree or rose; or, a source of annoyance or irritation (5) |
| NUISANCE | Ices a nun drops are a source of annoyance (8) |
| PEEVES | They are got on to as a source of annoyance (6) |
| TOOKAIM | Directed arm to fine area on animal's middle (4,3) |
| PERISHER | One's dying to be a source of annoyance |
| PAININTHENECK | Crick, a source of annoyance (4,2,3,4) |
| LITTER | Word, in its earliest medieval sense, for a bed; later, rubbish lying in a public place; scattered leaves; bedding for animals; a kindle of kittens or farrow of piglets; or, a palanquin (6) |
