| GREATAPES | Animals such as the chimpanzee, orang-utan and gorilla |
| GREATAPE | Chimpanzee, orang-utan or gorilla |
| ALLEGATOR | Reptile and gorilla at odds (9) |
| DRAPE | Physician and gorilla dress loosely (5) |
| EXOSKELETON | The protective or supporting structure covering the outside of the body of many animals, such as the thick cuticle of arthropods |
| SCUT | The short tail of animals such as the deer and rabbit (4) |
| MANE | The long hair on the neck of some animals, such as the horse or lion (4) |
| ENDANGEREDSPECIES | Animals such as the panda and rhino |
| ANTELOPES | Animals such as the dik-dik, addax and springbok |
| APES | Animals such as the gibbon and orangutan |
| ENDANGERED | Description of a species (such as the Sri Lankan elephant or the Bornean orang-utan) categorised as likely to become extinct (10) |
| GIRAFFES | Tallest living land animals, such as the Rothschild's species (8) |
| NAGS | Animals such as the ones in "De Camptown Races" |
| STATUES | From "things set up", word for cast or carved effigies of humans or animals, such as the "Landseer's Lions" (7) |
| PONGO | Genus name of the orang-utan; or, the nickname of the Drones Club character Reginald Twistleton (5) |
| APE | Orang-utan, gibbon or gorilla |
| TAPE | Record of the Northern orang-utan? |
| ROSEWATER | Scent from the bottom passage of ferret awes orang-utan |
| REDTAPE | Orang-utan absorbs time and bureaucracy (3,4) |
| LOUIE | King ___, orang-utan in Disney's The Jungle Book (5) |
