| SCAD | Fish of the genus Trachurus, such as the horse mackerel |
| MANE | The long hair on the neck of some animals, such as the horse or lion (4) |
| LEXINGTON | Kentucky city known as the Horse Capital of the World, at the heart of the Bluegrass region (9) |
| LENGTH | Distance swum in a swimming pool from one side to the other; or, in racing, the measurement of elapsed time as the horses cross the line (6) |
| OCALA | Southern city known as the Horse Capital of the World |
| BESTRIDDEN | Sat on, as the horse is by the champion jockey? (10) |
| GAGS | Jokes as the horse is taken out (4) |
| BONITO | Small food fish of the genus Sarda of warm Atlantic and Pacific waters (6) |
| KILLIFISH | Minnow-like fish of the genus Fundulus used as anglers' bait (9) |
| KOKOPU | Any of various fish of the genus Galaxias, endemic to New Zealand |
| SAUREL | US name for horse mackerel (6) |
| TREVALLY | What common name is given to the Australian food and sport fish of the genus Caranx? (8) |
| PERCH | Any spiny-finned freshwater fish of the genus Perca, especially the European P. fluviatilis (5) |
| COELACANTH | Primitive bony fish of the genus Latimeria thought to have died out 65-80 million years ago but rediscovered off the South African coast in 1938 (10) |
| SHAD | Herring-like food fish of the genus Alosa (4) 8, |
| BLEAK | Slender silvery freshwater fish of the genus Alburnus (5) |
| GUPPY | Aquarium fish of the genus Poecilia (5) |
| TUNNY | Large marine spiny-finned fish of the genus Thunnus (5) |
| PILCHARD | European herring-like food fish of the genus Sardina |
| SEAHORSE | Marine fish of the genus Hippocampus (8) |
