| CANETOAD | Large amphibian of tropical America widely introduced elsewhere as a form of pest control; Rhinella marina (4,4) |
| SLUGPELLET | Two projectiles as a form of pest control |
| BODEGACAT | Kitty "hired" as a form of pest control |
| BULLFROG | Large amphibian of North America with a deep croak (8) |
| RATTRAPS | Start with normal alternative to form of pest control (3,5) |
| PECAN | Edible nut of a tree native to North America, widely used in the US as part of a dessert (5) |
| WOAD | Isatis tinctoria, formerly grown in Britain and elsewhere as a source of blue dye (4) |
| REFER | Send elsewhere, as a patient |
| TOMATO | Plant of South America widely cultivated for its edible tubers (6) |
| VEDALIA | Australian ladybird beetle introduced elsewhere to control pests, especially scale insects |
| POINSETTIA | Shrub native to Mexico and Central America, widely cultivated for its showy scarlet bracts (10) |
| STEP | A measure of pest control? (4) |
| RATTRAP | Scoundrel returns component of pest-control device |
| DCON | Maker of pest control products: Hyph. |
| RABBITHOLE | Chatter linked to predicament with target of pest control? |
| GAUGE | Distance between the rails of a line of railway track, standardised in Britain and elsewhere as 4ft 8.5 in (5) |
| SEAL | Requiring a lot of water, a large amphibian (4) |
| BAKRID | Hindi name for the Feast of Sacrifices in the Islamic calendar, known elsewhere as Eid al-Adha; a contraction of 'goat festival' (6) |
| LICENSE | For general control of pest birds, a little innocence is required from both sides (7) |
| EFT | Port gets rid of large amphibian |
