| EXOTIC | Refer to the animal, in turn, as "foreign" (6) |
| STAGGER | Having consumed the food, the animals, in turn, seem dizzy (7) |
| BASSET | Take a risk, putting the animal in with the dog (6) |
| ERNEST | ____ Bevin, Labour politician who served as Foreign Secretary in the Attlee government (6) |
| FAUNAL | Pertaining to the animal life of a region |
| BADGER | Second-in-command of the animals in The Animals of Farthing Wood by Colin Dann |
| ATHENS | Ordering of essential bits of cash as foreign capital (6) |
| ASCENT | It's way up as foreign currency (6) |
| SPRING | Name, derived from an Old English word originally used to refer to the origin of a stream or well where water rises naturally from the earth, for a season of the year (6) |
| THRUST | A fundamental concept in physics used to refer to the propulsive force of a jet or rocket engine; or, a sudden attacking lunge in fencing (6) |
| DORSAY | Street in Paris whose name is used figuratively to refer to the French foreign office (6) |
| ULTIMO | Term used in formal correspondence to refer to the previous month (6) |
| DOCILE | Like the animals in a petting zoo |
| APEXES | Points to the animals one's former partner held |
| BOOZER | Slang word that Danny Dyer might use to refer to the Queen Vic in EastEnders (6) |
| SYMBOL | Word for an emblem or token, originally used in English to refer to the Apostles' Creed (6) |
| INCAVO | Italian word used in art to refer to the part of an intagliated gem or stone that is "hollowed" out, like a grotto (6) |
| ALLUDE | Refer to the total due to be revised (6) |
| NUTRIA | Spanish word for an otter, which is used to refer to the orange-toothed coypu whose genus, Myocastor, means "mouse beaver" or, its fur (6) |
| GROUPCHAT | Conversation among friends ... or a hint to the animal collectives in the starred answers and the conversations that follow them |
