| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| AARDVARK | First animal in the dictionary. |
| RAT | First animal in the Chinese zodiac |
| TURTLEDOVE | This animal presumably spends its entire life in a shell ... correction: just the first part of its life |
| NOAH | First name in a dictionary |
| AARDVARK | First animal, in a way |
| ATOI | Much of the first half of the dictionary |
| guideword | a word at the top of a dictionary page indicating the first word on the page |
| guidewords | GUIDEWORD, a word at the top of a dictionary page indicating the first word on the page |
