| MURRAIN | Old name for cattle or sheep diseases, sometimes used to describe a biblical plague of Egypt |
| KRAALS | A word of Dutch origin for the enclosures for cattle or sheep (6) |
| TEN | Number of Biblical plagues of Egypt |
| RECK | Euphemism for heaven's opposite as an interjection of annoyance; or, dialect for a cheese-drying frame, a fodder rack for cattle or a grating across a river for catching fish (4) |
| HECK | Euphemism for heaven's opposite as an interjection of annoyance; or, dialect for a cheese-drying frame, a fodder rack for cattle or a grating across a river for catching fish (4) |
| FEED | An amount of provender for cattle or of sustenance for a baby; a plentiful meal; the rate of progress of a lathe; or, an actor's stooge (4) |
| LITTER | Word for a bed in medieval times, later hay, rushes, straw etc as bedding for cattle or horses; a brood of kittens, piglets or other animals; or, rubbish, carelessly strewn on the ground (6) |
| COTTONWOOL | Natural fluffy material used for skincare or cosmetics, sometimes used to describe cumulus clouds (6,4) |
| LOCUSTS | The Biblical eighth Plague of Egypt, as described in the Old Testament |
| HERD | A large group of mammals, especially a group of cattle or sheep (4) |
| ICEBOX | What old-fashioned term is sometimes used to describe a refrigerator in the US? (6) |
| DROVER | A person who takes cattle or sheep, especially to market, over a long distance (6) |
| UFO | Which initials are sometimes used to describe a flying saucer? (inits)(1,1,1) |
| CHEWABLE | Adjective sometimes used to describe the extra-thick quality of Guinness Extra Stout Beer |
| LOCUST | Component of the eighth plague of Egypt |
| GRAZE | To eat grass in a field like e.g. cattle or sheep (5) |
| LEPER | A sufferer of a chronic infectious disease sometimes called Hansen's disease (5) |
| FROGS | Second of the ten plagues of Egypt (Exodus 8:1-15), between blood and gnats (5) |
| SWARMOFLOCUSTS | One of the plagues of Egypt in Exodus 10 (5,2,7) |
| DICKENS | He wrote serialized novels beginning with The Pickwick Papers, and his name was sometimes used to describe the squalid conditions in which the lower classes lived. |
