| OPHIDIA | Suborder of reptiles made up of snakes (7) |
| OPHIDIANS | Snakes, as a suborder of reptiles (9) |
| LAMINAR | Beast rejected first of reptiles with plates (7) |
| EPISTLE | Letter "R" missing from anagram of reptiles (7) |
| ODONATA | Order of predatory insects comprising the dragonflies (suborder Anisoptera) and damselflies (Zygoptera) (7) |
| ANSERES | Suborder for swans, ducks, and geese |
| LADDERS | Playfully, they associate with a number of snakes (7) |
| GORGONS | Mythical sisters with hair of snakes? (7) |
| INDIANA | ___ Jones, fictional archaeologist who suffered from a fear of snakes (7) |
| RATTLED | William Katt's 1996 horror about a deadly invasion of snakes (7) |
| ASPIRES | Dreams of snakes controlling anger (7) |
| OSCINE | Of the suborder of songbirds with specialised vocal apparatus (6) |
| HERPETO | *___phobia, fear of snakes and crocodiles |
| PECORA | Suborder of deer, cattle, etc; O caper (anag.) |
| SAURIA | Suborder of lizards |
| SQUAMATA | Largest order of reptiles, comprising the snakes, lizards and worm lizards (8) |
| HERPETOLOGY | Branch of zoology concerned with the study of reptiles and amphibians (11) |
| MESOZOICERA | Stretch of time aka the "Age of Reptiles" |
| KNOT | Lovers' bond; a lump of toads; a nest of snakes; a tangle of threads; a twist of fate; a woven tapestry of herbs; or, a sandpiper that derives its name from a king whose royal wave failed to stop the |
| AMNION | Inner of the two membranes enveloping the embryos of reptiles, birds and mammals, enclosed by the chorion (6) |
