| NONDESCRIPT | Note first badly done handwriting of no known species |
| UNSOURCED | Undo curse, sadly of no known origin (9) |
| MISPRINTED | New permits in doubt at first badly stamped (10) |
| SCRIPT | Handwriting of the text of the play |
| FIST | Handwriting of one of those cockney dukes (4) |
| FRESHWATER | Like 41% of all known species of fish |
| PIGEONS | These birds (about 250 known species) occur worldwide except in the coldest regions and the most remote islands. They all strut about with a characteristic bobbing of the head. In The Merchant of Veni |
| FISH | Any one of the approximately 34,000 known species of aquatic "pisces", including the banana wrasse, candy basslet, cherry barb, chocolate gourami, lemon sole, pumpkinseed and strawberry dottyback (4) |
| SWAN | One third of all known species of this bird are found in New Zealand (4) |
| FALCON | Bird of prey of which the best-known species on Mallorca is a summer visitor called Eleanora's (6) |
| MANDRILL | The largest known species of monkey - they are found in the rainforests of West Africa |
| AUTOGRAPH | Handwriting of author, a GP, that's appalling |
| CONSCRIPT | Study the handwriting of one called up (9) |
| ILLEGIBLE | Like the stereotypical handwriting of a doctor |
| ANTS | There are more than 10,000 known species of these insects |
| MOA | There were nine known species of what large bird? (3) |
| GECKO | We have 48 known species of which four-legged creature? (5) |
| LOBES | Parts of ears that serve no known biological function |
| REFRESH | Loud note first? Quiet note first, that can be cool (7) |
| TIVOLI | Note first of series of books portraying Italian town |
