| GARO | Kicker Yepremian of the Dolphins |
| ORCA | Mammal at the top of its food chain that acquired its old name as the killer whale from sailors but is the largest of the dolphins (4) |
| MIAMI | Home of the Dolphins and the Heat |
| KILLERWHALE | Also called an orca, the largest member of the dolphin family; one of the fastest marine mammals (6,5) |
| VII | Number of the Dolphins' first Super Bowl win |
| MARINO | Dan of the Dolphins |
| SEAU | Linebacker Junior of the Dolphins |
| TUA | Tagovailoa of the Dolphins |
| ORCAS | These black and white predatory members of the dolphin family are denizens of the northeast Pacific' |
| INNER | The inside of the dolphin nervous system (5) |
| THEWORLD | 1860 novel by R M Ballantyne subtitled The Whaling Cruise of The Dolphin (3,5,2,3) |
| OFICE | 1860 novel by R M Ballantyne subtitled The Whaling Cruise of The Dolphin (3,5,2,3) |
| KILLER | This whale, the largest member of the dolphin family, is jet black on top and pure white below with a white patch behind each eye. (6) |
| PORPOISE | A short-snouted genus of the dolphin family (8) |
| GRAMPUS | Member of the dolphin family |
| DANMARINO | Quarterback who led the Dolphins to the 1985 Super Bowl in his second year in the NFL: 2 wds. |
| MIA | The Dolphins or the Heat, on scoreboards |
| VIII | Super Bowl in which the Dolphins beat the Vikings |
| RICESTADIUM | Where the Dolphins downed the Vikings in Super Bowl VIII |
| FRED | Neil, who's been searchin' for the dolphins in the sea (4) |
