| ETS | "Star Trek" creatures, for short |
| TRIBBLES | Fuzzy "Star Trek" creatures |
| BRITTLETRIBBLE | Soft yet easily breakable "Star Trek" creature? |
| TRIBBLE | Furry Star Trek creature |
| DINOS | "Jurassic Park" creatures, for short |
| TBIRD | Ford car named for a legendary creature, for short |
| TREX | "Jurassic Park" creature, for short |
| ROO | Aussie creature, for short |
| DINO | "Jurassic World" creature for short |
| CROC | Gator-like creature for short |
| DRAC | Fanged movie creature, for short |
| GATOR | Swamp creature, for short |
| REDDEER | Horny creatures for Spooner's numb bum (3,4) |
| EELS | Creatures for whom Anguilla was named |
| SPONGES | Lives off sea creatures for next to nothing (7) |
| SCORPIONSINYOUR | Explanation (involving poisonous creatures) for reluctance to pay (9,2,4,6) |
| POCKET | Explanation (involving poisonous creatures) for reluctance to pay (9,2,4,6) |
| SEAHORSES | Exploitation of what sea creatures for Chinese medicine is threatening their survival? (3,6) |
| KRILL | Shrimplike creatures for the brook behind the back of Havelock (5) |
| MOUSE | Creature for doctor in the army to employ for black eye (5) |
