| PIKE | With young known as jacks, a predatory freshwater fish that can grow to over a metre in length (4) |
| CARP | Long-lived freshwater fish that can grow up to a metre in length (4) |
| PECAN | Official tree of Texas, which can grow to over a hundred and fifty feet tall |
| FOREFEET | Front-runners by a little over a metre, we hear |
| SCAD | Small marine fish in the same family as jacks (4) |
| SAGUARO | Tree-like cactus species that can grow to over 40 feet (7) |
| KAURI | Native tree that can grow to over 50m tall |
| BEANSTALK | A blanket's used as Jack's means of ascent (9) |
| STRITCH | Elaine who had a recurring role as Jack's mother on "30 Rock" |
| DEER | Mammal with young known as fawns, calves or kids (4) |
| CRAM | Athlete known as the Jarrow Arrow who set a world record in 1985 when he ran 1,500 metres in a time of 3.29.67 (4) |
| ORCA | Sea predator that can grow to roughly the size of a school bus |
| FOOT | Unit of metre in poetry; part of a sewing machine; or, a pedestal (4) |
| SQUIRREL | With young known as kittens, a drey-dwelling animal with a red species native to Britain under threat by its American cousin (8) |
| YARDOFALE | Almost a metre in length, this slender glass of beer is associated with drinking competitions (4,2,3 |
| CARD | Perhaps Jack's a funny fellow (4) |
| MACAW | What showy parrot of Brazil and Bolivia grows up to a metre in length? (5) |
| HIGH | 50 metres in the air, say |
| TRUMPETER | - swan; North American species of the water bird with young known as cygnets, so-named because of its sonorous, bugle-like call (9) |
| SAMPAN | Small craft is a metre in length (6) |
