| HOCK | The joint between the tarsal bones and tibia of an animal such as a horse (4) |
| TALUS | Bone of the ankle that articulates with the fibula and tibia of the lower leg to form the ankle joint (5) |
| ARCH | Raised vault of the foot formed by the tarsal and metatarsal bones (4) |
| CALCANEUS | Largest tarsal bone |
| QUAD | Meaning "four", a word used as a prefix in names of things including a courtyard, a 4 x 4 motorbike and a four-footed animal such as a horse; or, a serving of four shots of espresso (4) |
| KNEE | Name the joint between the thigh and the lower part of the leg (4) |
| SCUT | Short erect tail of an animal such as a rabbit, hare or deer (4) |
| BEAR | An animal such as the seal-eating heavy white "polar" species of Arctic regions, which is fancifully known collectively as an aurora or a celebration (4) |
| CART | Wagon such as a horse- or donkeydrawn float for milk churns or a Shire-drawn dray for beer barrels (4) |
| HAUNCH | Leg and loin of an animal, such as a deer, eaten as food (6) |
| OFFAL | The edible internal parts of an animal, such as the heart and liver (5) |
| BONE | Carpal or tarsal, for example (4) |
| CROAKER | A grumbler or pessimist; slang word for a doctor; a fish also called a drum; or, an animal such as frog, raven or toad that utters a low hoarse sound (7) |
| INTERIORDESIGN | The planning of the look inside a building such as a horse or office (8,6) |
| META | Carpal or tarsal starter |
| FOOT | Locale for tarsals and metatarsals |
| MOLLUSC | Typically building a protective shell around its soft body, an animal such as the"winding stair" wentletrap or the bubble-rafting violet sea snail whose genus, Janthina, derives from the Greek for "vi |
| HOTDOG | Frankfurter formed by the opposite of "cold" + an animal such as a beagle or Dalmatian: 2 wds. |
| SWISH | An imitative whoosh or whip of something, such as a horse's tail or a birch/lash moving through the air (5) |
| OPOSSUM | An animal such as Didelphis marsupialis of North, Central and South America |
