| ELAPID | A venomous snake of the family that includes the cobras, coral snakes and mambas |
| ELAPIDAE | Widespread family of venomous snakes that includes the cobra, mamba, taipan etc. (8) |
| RATTLER | Common name for a venomous snake of the genera Crotalus and Sistrurus (7) |
| NAJA | Genus of venomous snakes of the family Elapidae to which the cobras belong (4) |
| ORCA | Predator took the tip from coral snakes (4) |
| MAMBA | Coral snake's cousin |
| CLASP | Grip both ends of coral snake |
| ELAPS | Micrurus, the coral snake (5) |
| APHID | Any small homopterous insect of the family that includes the blackfly and greenfly (5) |
| CARP | Freshwater food fish of the family that includes the minnows (4) |
| SATYRID | Any butterfly of the family that includes the browns, heaths, ringlets etc. (7) |
| OBOE | Woodwind instrument of the family that includes the bassoon (4) |
| COBRAS | Sea snakes belong to the same family as ___ and mambas |
| COBRA | Venomous snake of the genus Naja whose neck gives the appearance of a hood (5) |
| COPPERHEAD | A venomous snake found in swampy, rocky, and wooded regions of the eastern and central United States that is named for its reddish head color. |
| PIERID | From the Latin for "Muse", a butterfly in a family that includes the brimstone, cabbage-white, clouded yellow, cloudless sulphur, creamy marblewing and the orange-tip (6) |
| MURID | Zoological word, based on "mouse", for a rodent of a very large family that includes the aforementioned beastie plus most species of gerbils, rats and voles (5) |
| EQUID | Any member of the family that includes horses, mules and zebras (5) |
| HOMINID | Any primate of the family that comprises the gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and human beings (7) |
| FORSYTH | Frederick -; author of thrillers including The Day of the Jackal, The Fourth Protocol and The Cobra (7) |
