| MANES | Same name used for bushy hair on some animals |
| BEARDS | Hair on some 74 Across |
| TENTACLE | Flexible appendage on some animals (8) |
| HORN | Hard or new solid growth on some animal's head |
| ROSEMADDER | Pinkish pigment derived from the roots of a plant of the same name, used in the works of J. M. W. Turner (4,6) |
| CHICKPEA | Edible seed or "garbanzo" of a leguminous plant of the same name, used to make hummus or ground into gram flour (8) |
| TEES | Piles of wet sand supporting golf balls prior to the invention of the pegs of the same name used today; or, the exact centres of houses in curling (4) |
| SHOCKS | Violent blows on masses of thick bushy hair |
| SHORTSHARPSHOCK | Spiky, bushy hair trimmed? That's some punishment! (5,5,5) |
| ADOPTME | Sign on some animal shelter cages |
| HOUSE | Derived from the name used for a building for boarders, each of a series of groups into which schoolchildren are divided for games and competitions (5) |
| OTTOMANEMPIRE | German name - prime name - used for Turkish rule (7,6) |
| ANITA | ___ Hand (name used for some prank calls) |
| BUZZWIGS | Unreal amounts of bushy hair: one feature of beehives on former politicians, say (8) |
| MOPUP | Dispose of bushy hair - revolting! (3,2) |
| MOP | Floor-cleaner or bushy hair(3) |
| HOBBY | Falcon related to the kestrel, merlin and peregrine; a swift-flying bird catching dragonflies on the wing with a Latin name used for the game Subbuteo (5) |
| GOAT | Animal's name used for several NZ islands (4) |
| INVENTIVE | Name used for Conservative in abuse is original |
| LALA | - land is a name used for Hollywood |
