| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| PORCUPINES | Critters with quills |
| HEDGEHOGS | Creatures with quills |
| ROC | Flier with quills "twelve paces long," per Marco Polo |
| PENNE | Pasta with a name derived from the Italian for "quills" |
| SNAILS | Critters with eyestalks |
| MARSUPIALMICE | Critters with pouches |
| PELICANS | Critters with pouches |
| SNAPPINGTURTLES | Critters with powerful jaws |
| SNARKS | Literary critters with a "fondness for bathing-machines" |
| PETTINGZEUS | Attractions with tame critters, to a Greek god? |
