| MOUSEDEER | One of this species might be the smallest hooved mammal in the world (5,4) |
| MUSKDEER | Hooved mammal in the genus Moschus, native to Asia (4,4) |
| HUNTSMAN | The Avondale spider is one of this species (8) |
| GIRAFFE | Large ruminant mammal inhabiting savannas of tropical Africa; the tallest mammal in the world (7) |
| ROOTS | Background starts to reveal one of this species (5) |
| SAIGA | A hooved mammal with a perpetually "swollen" snout (5) |
| PIG | Farm animal considered to be one of the smartest mammals in the world |
| EOCENE | Second epoch of the Tertiary period during which hooved mammals appeared (6) |
| EVENTOED | Competition involved female deer class of most hooved mammals (4- 4) |
| MOUNTAINGOATS | Hooved mammals strangely mooing at aunts (8,5) |
| BLACKBIRD | They were taken to Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century. The female of this species makes a nest of plant stems, grass, twigs, and roots in the shape of a cup. In the New World, the name of t |
| GUILLEMOT | This bird is the largest of the "auks" at about 45 cm long and 1 kg in weight. The female of this species lays her one egg on the ground, where both parents share incubation duties. They can dive in w |
| ORANGUTAN | In 1985, the San Diego Zoo had to hire rock climbers to figure out how an animal of this species kept escaping |
| GOLDCREST | Bird with a claim to be the smallest species in the UK |
| LAMINITIS | A disease affecting the feet of hooved animals, especially horses and cattle (9) |
| ARMADILLO | New World armoured placental mammal in the order Cingulata (9) |
| BOTTOMOUT | Reach the low point, and a description of one of this puzzle's circled words |
| RUMINANTS | Hooved animals that digest their food in two stages (9) |
| TOPSCORES | Arcade game listings, and a description of one of this puzzle's circled words |
| LAUGHABLE | Hooved |
