| RACER | Tortoise or hare |
| BUNS | Fruited, spiced rolls such as teacakes; hairstyles worn by some ballerinas or equestrians; or, Scottish word for tails of rabbits or hare (4) |
| BUCK | Male roe deer, rabbit or hare; bronco's high-kicking jump; informal term for $1; or, a dandy or fop (4) |
| BRAINED | Follower or hare or bird |
| AESOP | Greek writer of the fable of the hare and the tortoise or the fox and the grapes |
| CARAPACE | The shell of a tortoise or a turtle; or, any impenetrable outer layer (8) |
| REPTILE | Scaly creeping or crawling ectotherm, such as a crocodile, lizard, snake, tortoise or turtle (7) |
| SLOW | Like a tortoise or a snail |
| SLOWCOACH | Owls, bizarrely, train tortoise or snail? |
| CHELONIAN | A terrapin, tortoise or turtle |
| MAMMAL | Bear or hare, e.g. |
| LOIN | A cut of venison or hare (4) |
| LAGOMORPH | Rabbit or hare |
| DOE | Female rabbit or hare (3) |
| SCATTY | Pole getting spiteful or hare-brained |
| OFHISSHELL | How tortoise or crab could become less shy? (4,3,2,3,5) |
| COMEOUT | How tortoise or crab could become less shy? (4,3,2,3,5) |
| OFITSSHELL | How tortoise or crab could become less shy? (4,3,2,3,5) |
| PLASTRON | Bony plate forming the ventral part of the shell of a tortoise or turtle (8) |
| SHIELDS | Shells of tortoises; or, heraldic escutcheons (7) |
