| OVERELABORATE | See a beaver rootle around, and give complicated explanation |
| GRUBSTAKE | Rootles around to steal funding (9) |
| PREACH | It's right to have fruit around and give a sermon (6) |
| YOULOSTME | Complicated explanation interruption (3,4,2) |
| CREEPS | Sneaks around and gives you them (6) |
| STY | Place where farm animals rootle |
| RUMMAGE | Rootle (7) |
| SEADOG | A Jack tar, old salt, pirate or sailor; a white rainbow as seen by a mariner; an antiquated word for a shark or a seal; or, a heraldic beast in the form of a talbot with a beaver's tail (3,3) |
| CASTOR | A flour dredger-like pepperette or sugar shaker with a perforated top; a sextuple star system that is Pollux's less-bright twin in Gemini; a beaver, its genus or a hat from its fur; or, a small swivel |
| LODGE | A gatekeeper's house; small country dwelling reserved for seasonal skiing/ shooting trips; a beaver's den; or, the residence of a head of a college (5) |
| DAM | From "lady", the female parent of a calf, foal or other animal; a barrier or weir checking the downward flow of a river's water; or, a beaver's lodge (3) |
| EAGER | Somewhat like a gerbil or like a beaver (5) |
| WEBBED | Like the foot of a beaver, we had a shot at early education |
| MUSKRAT | North American rodent resembling a beaver in both habitat and appearance |
| AVERT | A beaver tries to find a way to prevent it happening |
| VERY | A beaver, you see, is extremely involved in it |
| COYPU | A large aquatic rodent native to South America that is similar in size to a beaver (5) |
| UTE | Rival of a Beaver, Cougar or Duck |
| NUTRIA | Animal similar to a beaver |
| GNAW | Do what a beaver does |
