| GILA | _ monster, a large, venomous, brightly coloured lizard (4) |
| GILAMONSTER | Large, venomous, brightly coloured lizard inhabiting deserts of the southwestern US and Mexico (4,7) |
| CETE | A sea monster; a whale; or, from "assembly", a company of badgers (4) |
| KING | --- cobra, very large venomous, tropical Asian snake (4) |
| COBRA | A large venomous snake which when irritated dilates its neck like a hood |
| TAIPAN | A large, venomous snake in Australia (6) |
| IGUANA | Brightly coloured lizard |
| AGAMA | Brightly coloured lizard (5) |
| AGAMAS | Ottoman official masters with brightly coloured lizards (6) |
| EYE | One-of-a-kind monster: A cyclops is a mythical creature with one___ in the center of his forehead |
| KINGCOBRA | Very large venomous snake capable of delivering a fatal bite (4,5) |
| ERROR | Headless monster - a howler (5) |
| COCKATRICE | Monster a moment behind bird |
| COMPTROLLER | Host briefly entertaining monster, a sort of accountant |
| DRAGON | Snap this monster, a bloomer (6) |
| DRAGONFLY | Winged monster: a predator (9) |
| MYHAT | Monster a myth - I'll eat this if I'm wrong! |
| NESSIE | Legendary Scottish monster, a frequent subject for the 15/24 (6) |
| SCROOGE | Twisted conceit: Tolkien's monster's a meanie (7) |
| PUFFADDERS | Large venomous African vipers (4,6) |
