| STICKINSECT | It resembles a twig |
| GNAT | A small fragile biting fly - it resembles a mosquito (4) |
| YAM | It resembles a sweet potato |
| GAR | It resembles a needlefish |
| CRAWDAD | It resembles a lobster |
| SPIGOT | To pigs, it resembles a plug (6) |
| HALFNOTE | It resembles a d on sheet music |
| CAPSULAR | Paul's car struggled, it resembles a spacecraft! (8) |
| RAMUS | Latin word for "branch", thus for a branching of a nerve; a barb of a feather; a process/arm of a bone such as the mandible or pubis; or, a twig (5) |
| HYRAX | It resembles a short-eared rabbit |
| MANDOLIN | It resembles a bouzouki |
| STONEFISH | It resembles a rock in the water |
| OKAPI | It resembles a zebra |
| HOP | A spring on one foot over a scotch, a twig or prior to a skip and a jump (3) |
| SNAP | A break of a twig, click of the fingers, cracker's banger, ginger biscuit, press stud, quick photo, shout for a pair in cards or a sudden grab, all characterised by a bite-like sound (4) |
| STICK | A twig; a bow for a fiddle; or, with "cocktail", a miniature brochette (5) |
| HYENA | African predator that is more closely related to meerkats than it is to the members of the dog family it resembles |
| TISSUE | You need it for the sneeze it resembles (6) |
| RACCOONDOG | This canine, native to eastern Asia and introduced into Europe. Some authorities place it in the raccoon family, Procyonidae, possibly because it resembles the raccoon in having dark facial markings t |
| TAMBOUR | A circular fabric-stretching frame named after the small shallow drum it resembles; or, embroidery, sometimes gold/silver, worked on said hoop (7) |
