| VERMIN | Pest animals such as rats and mice (6) |
| APHIS | Rosebush pest; Animal & Plant Health Inspection Service (abbr) (5) |
| PREDATORS | ___ such as rats, birds, foxes, moles, snakes, frogs, snails, toads, ants and beetles feed on them biologically controlling the earthworm population. |
| RODENTS | Gnawers such as rats (7) |
| RODENT | Small gnawing or nibbling animals that include rats and mice (6) |
| MURINE | Of rats and mice |
| INFEST | Overrun en masse, as rats |
| CADDIE | He supports Tiger Woods, perhaps, as rat gets punch (6) |
| BALLAS | Dancing celebrity unmasked as Rat in The Masked Singer (6) |
| SCHOOL | A group of fish or sea animals such as porpoises (6) |
| HOOFED | Describing the feet of animals such as horses (6) |
| TIGERS | Animals such as Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes |
| GERBIL | Mammal in a family that includes hamsters and mice, sometimes kept as a pet (6) |
| FABLES | Short tales conveying morals, often by means of anthropomorphic animals, such as those associated with legendary storyteller Aesop (6) |
| RODENTIA | Genus of small gnawing animals including porcupines, rats and mice |
| CERAMIST | Potty scientist maybe mistreated rats and mice (8) |
| VOLE | Water - - -, rodent such as Rat in The Wind In The Willows (4) |
| ACADEMIC | A rat and mice dissected -- it's educational (8) |
| COMMISERATE | Express sorrow at some rat and mice in trouble |
| GROUNDGAME | Hunted animals such as hares and rabbits (6,4) |
