| BREADLINE | Poor condition of rhino and crocodile |
| TAPIRS | Piglike relatives of rhinos and horses |
| LOWESTATE | Poor condition of large property in the Fens?(3,6) |
| OCTAVE | Notes poor condition of overcoat, or leaves (6) |
| SORRYSTATE | Poor condition of a remorseful nation (5,5) |
| THERED | To be in this poor condition of some account (3,3) |
| BULL | Male of animals including the cow, bison, whale, elephant, rhino and seal (4) |
| ONRUSHING | Disturbed rhino and gnus stampeding (9) |
| ROAR | Beastly noise as rhino and alligator both cleared out (4) |
| BEASTS | Rhino and hippo, e.g. |
| REPTILE | All dinosaurs and archosaurs were members of this vertebrate class, which includes present-day turtles, snakes, lizards, and crocodiles. |
| PETER | Disney movie with pirate and crocodile (5,3) |
| PAN | Disney movie with pirate and crocodile (5,3)) |
| HOGAN | Australian comedian and Crocodile Dundee actor, Paul - - - (5) |
| PAULHOGAN | Comedian and Crocodile Dundee actor (4,5) |
| AUSTRALIA | Whence AC/DC and Crocodile Dundee |
| EMU | Prey of wild dogs and crocodiles |
| GNU | Lion's and crocodile's prey |
| HERPETO | *___phobia, fear of snakes and crocodiles |
| RISOTTO | Italian dish is ridiculous wrapped in hide of rhino (7) |
