| FLIPPER | Limb of dolphin, penguin, seal or turtle adapted for swimming; or, a lever in a pinball machine (7) |
| CONTROL | Checkpoint in orienteering or car rallying; or, a lever or joystick (7) |
| LEOPARD | Spotted predator that inhabits the Antarctic ice and hunts penguins, ...seal |
| INLANE | Certain chute in a pinball machine |
| ELEANOR | Is it an eel swimming, or a person? (7) |
| STROKE | One of a series of movements in rowing or swimming; or, a hit of a ball with a racquet in tennis (6) |
| PRISE | Use a lever, in London |
| ROOKERY | A group of the corvids known collectively as a storytelling, nesting high in a clump of trees; or, a colony of seabirds or marine mammals such as penguins, seals or turtles (7) |
| ALERTED | Warned one how to use a foot lever, in a way (7) |
| REPTILE | Scaly creeping or crawling ectotherm, such as a crocodile, lizard, snake, tortoise or turtle (7) |
| UPRISEN | Lever in middle of lounge, lifted (7) |
| CROWBAR | Lever in line with first of beams joining wheels (7) |
| ONEPLAY | What a single coin gets you on a pinball machine |
| GRAMPUS | Predatory kind of dolphin (7) |
| SNAPPER | Fish or turtle |
| SCUTUM | Latin word for "shield" that refers to a large oblong Roman example of said piece of armour; a constellation; or, one of the protective plates of an armadillo, insect or turtle (6) |
| LIDO | A public place of recreation, including a pool for swimming or water sports (4) |
| TRUNKS | Sturdy, sometimes initialled boxes for blankets or transporting clothes and personal effects when travelling; or, men's shorts for swimming or sports (6) |
| CARAPACE | Word, scuttling into English from Late Latin for "cape, cloak", for what is basically an arachnid, crab, lobster, prawn, tortoise or turtle's sturdy piece of couture constituting a "coat" of armour or |
| DOVE | Collared, rock, stock or turtle, a bird in the Columbidae family with pigeons, sometimes housed in a cote (4) |
