| KENT | Name of a family that took in an extraterrestrial |
| TROY | City that took in a wooden horse |
| BROADWAY | General route that took in Chicago and Oklahoma! |
| PETAL | For a friend to take in an extraterrestrial could be a bit of a bloomer (5) |
| HOMINID | A primate of a family that includes Homo sapiens (7) |
| MONITOR | Large reptile of a family that includes the Komodo dragon (7,6) |
| COMET | Arrive on time in an extraterrestrial body (5) |
| ALIEN | Lie in an extraterrestrial (5) |
| LILY | Common name of a family of plants that includes bluebells, daffodils, tulips, fritillary and hyacinths; or, the fleur-de-lis as a heraldic symbol (4) |
| ORCHID | Common name of a family of flowering plants with a species resembling a bee (6) |
| PROGRESS | A priest took in an old man-eater in advance (8) |
| SANDPIPER | Name of a family of birds that includes the curlew and snipe (9) |
| CHAT | Name of a family of Old World songbirds that includes the nightingale (4) |
| CROW | Name of a family of birds that includes jays, magpies, rooks and ravens (4) |
| FINCH | Name of a family of birds that includes bramblings, linnets, serins and siskins (5) |
| TATE | Name of a family of four art galleries including one in St Ives (4) |
| MYRTLE | Common name of a family of plants that includes allspice, clove and the bay rum tree (6) |
| AMATI | Name of a family of Italian violin makers active in Cremona from about 1549 to 1740 |
| CUYP | Name of a family of Dutch artists from Dordrecht, of which three members gained distinction, viz landscapist Aelbert, genre-painter Benjamin and portraitist Jacob (4) |
| MATINEE | A friend took in an additive to afternoon performance (7) |
