| GUPPY | A tropical fish - in baiting up pyramid (5) |
| QUICK | It makes for super fast baiting up - hurry, halt! (5,4) |
| PUPPY | Step up pyramid carrying young Barker (5) |
| STOP | It makes for super fast baiting up - hurry, halt! (5,4) |
| TETRAHEDRA | Read threat to blow up Pyramids |
| TETRA | Tropical fish in Trent area, oddly (5) |
| BARB | A tang near the end of a fish- hook; a cluster of spikes on fence wire; a filament of a feather; or, a tropical fish, popular in aquaria (4) |
| TEASE | A bit of (badger?) baiting (5) |
| GATED | A ___ or latched baiting needle (*get DA) (5) |
| LATCH | e.g. fastener on a gated baiting needle (5) |
| RSPCA | Abbreviated name of a charity that has waged many successful campaigns over the course of its 200-year history, including outlawing the UK's alectryomancy, bear-baiting and dogfighting (1,1,1,1,1) |
| BRASSERIE | French eatery's headless tropical fish in French cheese (9) |
| FLORIST | Business in Hollyoaks recently purchased by Trevor Royle to turn into a tropical fish shop (7) |
| SNAPPERJUDGMENT | Verdict for a tropical fish? |
| MAHI | When doubled, a tropical fish |
| BIGEYE | Might Sasquatch have one for looking at a tropical fish? (6) |
| REEF | Coral formation that's a tropical fish hangout |
| PLATY | Tropical fish (5) |
| BETTA | Small bright tropical fish |
| TANGS | Some brightly colored tropical fish |
