| MYCOLOGY | The study of Fungi the dolphin? Must have something to do with it (8) |
| KILLERWHALE | Also called an orca, the largest member of the dolphin family; one of the fastest marine mammals (6,5) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| DAYOF | The ___ the Dolphin |
| SEGA | Video game publisher of 'Ecco the Dolphin' |
| PORPOISE | A short-snouted genus of the dolphin family (8) |
| GRAMPUS | Member of the dolphin family |
| THEWORLDOFICE | 1860 novel by R.M. Ballantyne set aboard the ship the Dolphin (3,5,2,3) |
| EMBLEM | A symbolic image or device, such as the dolphin-and-anchor example carrying the Latin motto festina lente, meaning "hasten slowly" (6) |
| MIAMI | Home of the Dolphins and the Heat |
| DELPHINUS | The "Dolphin" constellation (9) |
| LOWELL | Robert, U.S. poet whose collections include The Dolphin (6) |
| WHALE | To which marine mammal group does the dolphin belong (5) |
| YEAST | A group of fungi, a few species of which are used to leaven bread (5) |
| EARTHBALL | Any of some tuberous, subterranean fruiting bodies of fungi (5-4) |
