| CAMELOPARD | Old word for giraffe |
| LEAFLET | Piece of paper providing little snack for giraffe? (7) |
| OKAPIS | Roger, first assistant principal, is looking for giraffe relatives (6) |
| ACACIAS | Trees for giraffes |
| ZOO | Place for giraffes and hippos |
| SAVANNA | Habitat for giraffes |
| TALLORDER | Demand for giraffes perhaps that is hard to fulfil? |
| ACACIA | Tree whose leaves are a staple food for giraffes |
| TUBE | Old word for a telescope; slang word for a television; the hollow under the crest of a breaking wave; a container for oil paint, tomato puree or toothpaste; or, a pipe (4) |
| FLITTER | Word linking with mouse for an old word for the flying mammal studied in chiropterology (7) |
| QUIZ | Old word for a yo-yo; short word for a monocle on a handle; or, a test of general knowledge (4) |
| PLAY | Games or exercise taken for recreation; a dramatic work for stage or screen; an old word for the activity of gambling; or, the courtship performance of animals (4) |
| CLEW | An old word for a ball of thread guiding one through a labyrinth or maze, hence the similar word for a hint that points towards the solution of a mystery or puzzle (4) |
| STAGER | Old word for an actor; a horse for pulling a passenger/mail-coach; or, an old hand, veteran or other adept of much worldly experience (6) |
| ELD | Old word for old |
| CEMBALO | Old word for 'harpsichord', related to the word 'cymbal' (7) |
| RAKES | Tools for gathering grass or leaves; or, an old word for groups of colts (5) |
| HERBARY | Old word for a type of physic garden for the cultivation of plants such as rosemary, lemon balm, thyme, hyssop and camomile (7) |
| PARLOUR | Shop selling ice cream; old word for a sitting room; or, a building equipped for milking cows (7) |
| RECIPE | Old word for a medicinal formula or prescription; or, a list of ingredients with a method, such as clergyman Sydney Smith's rhyming version for a salad dressing (6) |
