| AVOSET | Wader's bone held by an animal doctor (6) |
| AVOCET | Bird, old and cold, grasped by an animal doctor (6) |
| POSER | Bone held by a painter's subject? |
| BEHOLDEN | Bone held wrongly and became obligated (8) |
| AFFILIATE | Join fine bones held in after being trimmed (9) |
| BURSAR | Title held by an academic institution's financial administrator. (6) |
| TENACE | In bridge, whist etc, a pair of high cards ranking above and below a card held by an opponent, e.g. a jack and a king (6) |
| ASCENT | Climb a trail left by an animal (6) |
| POTATO | Nourishing article swallowed by an animal (6) |
| RODENT | Nonsense about a home made by an animal (6) |
| CRATER | A hole made by an animal, usually for shelter |
| SPYHOP | Springing bounce in tall grasses, as by an animal, to view the surroundings |
| VETO | Ban an animal doctor who has nothing (4) |
| SHIPVET | An animal doctor on a seagoing vessel (4,3) |
| AVERT | An animal doctor carrying rook's head off |
| VET | What is an animal doctor? (3) |
| MARMOSET | It's an animal, doctor, in the stream, swimming (8) |
| EPEE | Weapon held by an active peer (4) |
| BONESETTER | Cured, one's held, by an unqualified practitioner (10) |
| SHARE | Divide something held by an investor (5) |
