| MOLLUSK | Snail, squid or octopus |
| MOLLUSC | Snail, squid or octopus (7) |
| CEPHALOPOD | Squid or octopus, perhaps (10) |
| TENTACLE | Invertebrate organ of touch, as on a jellyfish, squid or octopus |
| MOLLUSCS | Scallops, slugs, snails, squid and other "soft" invertebrates (8) |
| EGGCORN | A phrase created by mishearing, such as "damp squid" or "preying mantis" |
| BEAK | A bird's rhamphotheca-covered bill; an octopus, squid or turtle's rostrum; a teacher at Eton; one's nose; or, a bucket's pouring lip (4) |
| NICKER | Dutch word for a clay marble; a seed like said commoney, used in taw; a water demon; a soft neigh, whicker or whinny; a snigger; a thief; or, a pound sterling, quid, squid or smacker (6) |
| HEN | Female chicken (or lobster! Or octopus!!) |
| SUSHI | Japanese food often filled with squid or yellowtail |
| DEVILFISH | Manta or octopus |
| SEA | Home for a dolphin or octopus |
| SEAANIMAL | Dolphin or octopus, e.g. |
| ARMS | Sleeves; sides of chairs; heraldic bearings; or, octopus limbs (4) |
| VERTEBRATE | Speculate minister will overturn tariff of fish or lamb but not squid or snail (10) |
| DRINKER | Sponge, gutted darter and octopus? (7) |
| CATFISH | Barbel - a local octopus? (7) |
| INKLING | Hint: Octopus squirts this fish (7) |
| TEACHER | My Octopus _, Oscar-winning 2020 documentary film (7) |
| SQUALID | Nearly everybody devoured by the octopus - that's most unpleasant (7) |
