| LIFETIME | Period a person or animal is alive (8) |
| RANGE | Area over which a plant or animal is distributed |
| SCENESTEALER | Child (or animal) is traditionally involved in dramatic incident on real set, perhaps (5-7) |
| WATERINGPLACE | Where drinking water for people or animals is found (8,5) |
| SPECIMEN | A typical example; a remarkable type; a sample of blood, plasma, tissue etc, for diagnostic analysis; or, derogatorily, a person or animal (8) |
| BOUNTIES | Sums paid for capturing or killing a person or animal (8) |
| WEAKLING | A person or animal that is physically frail (8) |
| OMNIVORE | Term for a person or animal who eats both plant and animal material (8) |
| FINISHER | A person or animal that completes an athletic competition (8) |
| BACKBONE | Spine of a person or animal |
| BREATHES | Is alive and swims around again (8) |
| LEVITATE | The primary alien is alive and, worryingly, can defy gravity |
| EXISTENT | Old site set out by book is alive |
| SLYBOOTS | A cunning person or animal (8) |
| ISOLATE | Quarantine a person or animal suspected or having a contagious disease (8) |
| CUSS | Old word for an expletive, oath or swear; or, a person or animal considered annoying or stubborn (4) |
| STATUE | A sculptured, cast, carved or molded figure of a person or animal |
| CAPTIVE | A person or animal that is confined or restrained, prisoner (7) |
| MANDIBLE | Person or animal's jawbone, especially the lower |
| BLANKET | A large piece of woolen or other material used to wrap up a person or animal for warmth |