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NAUTILIMarine molluscs whose spiral shells have air-filled chambers (they sound like a mischievous fabrication!) (7)
IMPISHIndependent politician is ultimately roguish like a mischievous child (6)
DENSBook-filled chambers
COWRIEName for a group of sea snails whose shells have been used as currency or jewellery (6)
NAUTILUSFrom the Greek for "sailor", a marine mollusc whose name originally referred to the floating argonaut octopus, wrongly believed by Aristotle to use its tentacles as sails (8)
LIMPETMarine mollusc whose teeth are the world's strongest natural material (6)
CONCHName for medium-to-large sea-snails and their shells, so many of the shells have been taken as souvenirs from Spanish beaches that they are now considered an endangered species and are protected by la
AUGERSCorkscrew-like drill bits to whose shape the tapering spiral shells of marine molluscs in the genus Terebra are likened (6)
WHELKSMarine molluscs with pointed spiral shells (6)
ANTIBODIESInside they're on your side even if they sound like they're against everyone! (10)
SNAILMollusc whose "caracol" is reflected in a spiral staircase; or a half-turn or wheel in dressage (5)
BALLOONINGTravel by air in a cabin or basket beneath a large air-filled bag (10)
ARIELSThey sound like antennas on modern-day cars like the Atom (6)
VENUSLike Aphrodite, she'll have a bit of love before sunrise
OYSTERSEdible marine molluscs with rough shells, able to filter up to 50 gallons of water a day (7)
AVARICEWanting to have air desperately in the cave that's collapsed (7)
OCTOPODAOrder of two-gilled cephalopod molluscs whose name means 'eight feet' in Greek (8)
SCALLOPSMolluscs whose meat and roe (called coral) is eaten as seafood (8)
SUCCESSORSThey have airs and graces to come to higher places. (10)
ABALONEEdible marine gastropod mollusc whose shells are used for ornament (7)