| BIGMOUTH | Name given to various fish species in the goby, skate and buffalo families (8) |
| MUDSKIPPER | Fish of the Goby family that can move on land by means of its strong pectoral fins (10) |
| RAINBIRD | Name given to various birds that sing in wet weather (8) |
| TORTOISE | Name given to various types of land-dwelling turtles (8) |
| SEAPERCH | Common name of various fish inducing the orange roughy, rockfish and bluestripe snapper (3,5) |
| SEAEAGLE | Any of various fish-eating eagles that live near the sea (3,5) |
| HOMONYMS | Skate and skate? Oh m-my, son will go sprawling! |
| CRAYFISH | Caught with such as skate and another aquatic creature, lobster (8) |
| ROSARIES | Beads various fish eggs around Indian wrap (8) |
| AMERICAN | and 12ac, Eleven-a-side team game played professionally by Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills among others (8,8) |
| FOOTBALL | see 14dn, Eleven-a-side team game played professionally by Houston Texans and Buffalo Bills among others (8,8) |
| THEROSIE | A premier North Wales lake with 11 fish species (*theories) (3,5) |
| REEFSHARK | Name given to various predatory fish, such as the blacktip or whitetip (4, 5) |
| HOPCLOVER | Name given to various plants in the genus Trifolium (3, 6) |
| LUTZ | Ice skating jump in which the skater takes off from the back outside edge of one skate and lands on the back outside edge of the other skate |
| FLAMETREE | Name given to various tree species because of their vivid red or orange colouring (5, 4) |
| RACER | Name given to various species of snake (5) |
| LONGTOM | Name given to various big guns |
| SECESSION | Name given to various breakaway artistic movements (9) |
| KOKOPU | Any of various fish of the genus Galaxias, endemic to New Zealand |
