Crossword Clue:

Animal cavorting by a stream

Answer	Crossword Clue
OTTER	Animal cavorting by a stream
OTTER	Playful animal on a stream bank
OTTERS	Frolickers by a stream

REED	Stalk by a stream
VALE	Valley coursed by a stream
GULCH	Narrow ravine cut by a stream
MILLPOND	It's formed by damming a stream
EARLY	Helped by the jet stream, as a flight