| Clue | 4-Letter Word |
| Various cold-blooded, aquatic vertebrates | |
| Clenched hand | |
| An aquarium ____er strains out particles in the tank | |
| To make full | |
| Breathing organ of a [First Rung] | |
| To make something better than it is | |
| The most common household pet [First Rung] | |
| Daring | |
| Pod of cotton | |
| A nice place to put one pet [First Rung] | |
| Bubble up in vapor by heating | |
| Thin sheet of metal | |
| Did not succeed | |
| A loud sad cry | |
| The John ____ Dance | |
| Go on foot at a moderate speed | |
| A Scotish word meaning work | |
| Moderately hot | |
| What some people use as bait to catch [First Rung] | |
| To have carried on the body | |
| Small opening, for absorbing and discharging liquids | |