| EARTHWORMS | Invertebrates found in soil, common prey of birds (10) |
| HYDRAS | Aquatic invertebrates found in shady ground around river (6) |
| EARTHWORM | Burrowing invertebrate found in other warm form (9) |
| HORNWRACK | Yellowish invertebrate found on beaches after storms (9) |
| SCREECHOWL | Any of various small birds of prey of the genus Megascops, especially the common M. asio of North American (7,3) |
| ORDOVICIAN | Second period of the Palaeozoic era during which marine invertebrates flourished (10) |
| TENTACULAR | A reluctant movement of invertebrate's feeling organ (10) |
| TETANUS | Infectious disease caused by the release of toxins from a bacterium, the spores of which are found in soil |
| OMNIVOROUS | They are ___ eating flowers, leaves, and fruits as well as insect larvae and small invertebrates. |
| OILRIG | Drilling platform found in soil, right? (3,3) |
| WORM | Thin, legless creature found in soil (4) |
| HUMUS | Decayed plant or animal matter found in soil (5) |
| WORMS | Creatures found in soil (5) |
| AMOEBA | A single-celled, microscopic organism found in soil or water or as a parasite (6) |
| BARNOWL | Any of several nocturnal birds of prey of the genus Tyto, family Tytonidae, especially the common T. alba (4,3) |
| EAGLE | Lectern in the form of a bird of prey of the same name (5) |
| MARTIALEAGLE | Large bird of prey of sub-Saharan Africa of the genus Polemaetus |
| FOWL | Prey of female bird of prey? (4) |
| HAWK | Common bird of prey of the family Accipitridae (4) |
| SCREECH | _ owls, small birds of prey of the genus Megascops, native to the Americas (7) |
