| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| VIPER | Puff adder, e.g. |
| SNAKE | Adder, e.g. |
| aphaeresis | The loss of a sound or sounds at the beginning of a word, e.g., in the derivation of adder from nadder |
| DRAGON | Puff, e.g. |
| CAR | Cream puff, e.g. |
| ASPS | Puff adder relatives |
| VIPER | Puff adder, for one |
| VIPER | Horned asp or puff adder |
| hognose | any of a genus (Heterodon) of rather small harmless stout-bodied North American colubrid snakes with keeled scales and an upturned snout that seldom bite but hiss wildly and often play dead when disturbed called also hog-nosed snake puff adder |
