COME TO THE WORD ZOO VIII

The Word's The Thing

Dr. Louis D. Appel

 

The answer to each clue is or contains the name of an animal. Wordplay is fair play. 

1. Singer

2. Backless shoe

3. Feline at a track meet

4. He has a good physique

5. Rhyming, but trivial poetry

6. Porcine one who can't decide

7. I' not a lion, but I bear his sign

8. Uncover and bring to light by searching 

9. Four out of five letters pronounce him healthy

10. Lizard whose last three letters are a palindrome 

Answers:

 

1. Warbler 

2. Mule

3. Polecat

4. Buffalo

5. Doggerel

6. Hedgehog

7. Leopard

8. Ferret

9. Whale

10. Iguana