| WYVERN | Winged heraldic beast with a serpent's tail and a dragon's head (6) |
| CERBERUS | In Greek mythology; three-headed dog with a serpent's tail and mane of snakes (8) |
| HAM | Farmer Giles of ___ a comic medieval fable by J.R.R. Tolkien that describes encounters between Farmer Giles and a dragon |
| CHIMAERA | Mythical fire-spouting monster with a lion's head, serpent's tail and goat's body (8) |
| CHIMERA | Fire-spouting monster with lion's head, serpent's tail and goat's body (7) |
| VOL | "Winged" heraldic symbol |
| SEADOG | A Jack tar, old salt, pirate or sailor; a white rainbow as seen by a mariner; an antiquated word for a shark or a seal; or, a heraldic beast in the form of a talbot with a beaver's tail (3,3) |
| MAGPIE | Bird with a black-and-white plumage, long tail and a chattering call (6) |
| TURKEY | Bird with a fanned tail and a vocalisation called a "gobble" (6) |
| SHRIMP | A decapod crustacean with a slender flattened body, long tail and a single pair of pincers (6) |
| MEADEN | Deborah ____ has been a Dragons' Den investor since 2006 |
| PUG | An old word for a fox; an informal name for a boxer; an animal's footprint; or, a little carlin with a curled tail and a wrinkled face, whose snorts and snuffles inspired its collective name "grumble" |
| ASCLEPIUS | With daughters including Hygieia and Panacea and often depicted with a serpent-entwined staff, the Greek god of healing, a son of Apollo and Coronis (9) |
| ALLIGATOR | Wild gorilla swallows a serpent's tail hiding in swampland (9) |
| UROSTEGIAE | An underside plate on a serpent's tail (10) |
| UROSTEGITE | An underside plate on a serpent's tail (10) |
| WAXWING | Winter bird visitor to the UK with a yellow-tipped tail and a crested head (7) |
| TERN | Aquatic bird with a forked tail and a black-and-white plumage (4) |
| INNS | Pubs or taverns, each with a sign often bearing a picture of a heraldic beast such as a dragon, eagle, griffin, hart, lion, unicorn or wyvern (4) |
| SKATE | A large ray of temperate and tropical seas, having a short spineless tail and a long snout (5) |