| JAILBIRDS | After all the animals were captured, they turned into ___ |
| INTHEDARK | Where all the animals were, about 500, unaware (2,3,4) |
| SCYTHE | Bottom half of disc they turned into cutter (6) |
| THEORY | Soldiers being captured, they can provide an explanation |
| IMPEND | Threaten when I am captured, they say (6) |
| REDCROWNTAVERN | The ____ and Tourist Cabins in Missouri was the site of a 1933 gun battle, after which two members of Bonnie and Clyde's gang were captured or fatally wounded |
| ONAROLL | Showing success in how early piano performances were captured (2,1,4) |
| HOSTAGES | More than 200 of these were captured and brought to Gaza in October 2023 (8) |
| MOOVIENIGHT | The animals were bored, and the cows suggested a __ |
| INTWOS | Filling in sum to make four - how the animals were boarding the ark (8,2,4) |
| ENTERING | Filling in sum to make four - how the animals were boarding the ark (8,2,4) |
| DRDOLITTLE | Titled lord recollected the animals were his friends (2,8) |
| USE | The animals, we're told, take advantage of it (3) |
| ZOOM | Look very quickly where all the animals are by the thousand (4) |
| FAUNA | Creature of myth beginning to alarm all the animals (5) |
| KINGDOM | All the animals friendly, keeping good order |
| NOAH | Patriarch who saved his family and all the animals from drowning (4) |
| FAUN | All the animals in place lose a historical spiritual protector (4) |
| MENAGERIE | People get old, hiding growing resentment - like all the animals (9) |
| CAMELS | Having the hump, perhaps, they turned up with quids! |
