| BARBASTELLE | Insectiverous forest bat having a wrinkled face and prominent ears (11) |
| PIPISTRELLE | Britain's smallest bat, having common, soprano and Nathusius' species (11) |
| EAGLEOWL | Bubo bubo, family Strigidae, noted for its prominent ear tufts and large orange eyes (5,3) |
| KULTARR | Small insectiverous nocturnal marsupial inhabiting the arid interior of Australia (7) |
| MARMOSET | Small monkey often bearing prominent ear tufts |
| NUMBAT | Insectiverous Australian marsupial (6) |
| PUG | An old word for a fox; an informal name for a boxer; an animal's footprint; or, a little carlin with a curled tail and a wrinkled face, whose snorts and snuffles inspired its collective name "grumble" |
| MARCUSSIEFF | Former Marks & Spencer chairman and prominent Zionist born in 1913 (6,5) |
| BULLDOG | Muscular medium-sized dog with a wrinkled face from England (7) |
| FRY | Artist and prominent member of the Bloomsbury set who painted Immortelles, Cyclamen, Spring, Peonies and Poppies and Orchard, Woman Seated in a Garden (3) |
| CHIHUAHUA | A breed of tiny dog with either long or smooth hair, large, erect ears and prominent eyes (9) |
| GENTOO | A large penguin with a bright orange bill and prominent tail that is native to Antarctica (6) |
| SIMONDE | Earl of Leicester and prominent leader in the crusade against the 11 (5,2,8) |
| REGGAE | Music of Jamaican origin with a strongly accentuated offbeat and prominent bass (6) |
| DURANTE | American comedian and actor, 1893-1980, remembered for his gravelly voice and prominent nose (7) |
| INSPIRE | Encourage popular and prominent part of a church (7) |
| PUGS | Small dogs with flat noses and wrinkled faces (4) |
| REED | Which lawyer and prominent advocate of modernism was joint editor of Angry Penguins and promoted Sid |
| SYKES | Which poet and prominent activist for Indigenous people wrote Love Poems and Other Revolutionary Actions (1979)? (5) |
| LUCREZIA | Daughter of Pope Alexander VI and prominent member of an infamous Italian familymily (8,6) |
