| S. Florida native | 17 |
| Riverside sunbather | 19 |
| Riverbank predator | 18 |
| Riverbank basker, informally | 28 |
| River predator, briefly | 23 |
| Reptile without a tail? | 23 |
| Ravenous reptile, for short | 27 |
| Popular foam shoe | 17 |
| Plastic shoe | 12 |
| Outback steak source, for short | 31 |
| Nile reptile, for short | 23 |
| Nile reptile, briefly | 21 |
| Nile menace, informally | 23 |
| Nile menace, for short | 22 |
| Nile biter, for short | 21 |
| Moat menace, briefly | 20 |
| Menace for Cleo's subjects | 30 |
| Mangrove menace, informally | 27 |
| Madagascar menace, briefly | 26 |
| Lge. reptile | 12 |
| Leathery sunbather | 18 |
| Killer ___ (green-skinned "Batman" villain) | 53 |
| How Capt. Hook lost his right hand, informally | 46 |
| Hook pursuer, for short | 23 |
| Hook pursuer | 12 |
| Holey plastic shoe | 18 |
| Gator's counterpart | 23 |
| Gator look-alike | 16 |
| Florida floater, briefly | 24 |
| Fla. reptile | 12 |
| Fang: Fr. | 9 |
| Fang, in France | 15 |
| Everglades stalker, for short | 29 |
| Everglades snapper | 18 |
| Everglades denizen, for short | 29 |
| Critter with a lot of teeth | 27 |
| Cousin of a gator | 17 |
| Colorful outdoor shoe | 21 |
| Caiman's cousin, briefly | 28 |
| Caiman's cousin | 19 |
| Caiman, for short | 17 |
| Caiman cousin | 13 |
| Big-mouthed critter | 19 |
| Big-jawed reptile, for short | 28 |
| Aussie water hazard | 19 |
| Aussie reptile | 14 |
| Aussie menace | 13 |
| Aquatic reptile, for short | 26 |
| Animal often confused with another, casually | 44 |
| AlligatorÕs cousin | 22 |
| Alligator's cousin, slangily | 32 |
| 2007 TV movie about a man-eating beast | 38 |
| "Teary" reptile, for short | 36 |
| "Peter Pan" ticker | 28 |
| "Peter Pan" predator | 30 |
| "Peter Pan" creature | 30 |
| "Lizard of the Nile," for short | 41 |
| ''Peter Pan'' beast, briefly | 44 |
| "Time in a Bottle" singer | 35 |
| "Time in a Bottle" singer Jim | 39 |
| Italian philosopher | 19 |
| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" singer | 39 |
| Singer Jim | 10 |
| Italian statesman | 17 |
| "Operator" singer | 27 |
| Jim who sang "Time in a Bottle" | 41 |
| Dance critic Arlene ___ | 23 |
| "I Got a Name" singer | 31 |
| “Time in a Bottle” singer | 33 |
| Singer/songwriter Jim | 21 |
| Philosopher Benedetto | 21 |
| Leroy Brown's creator | 25 |
| Legendary singer/songwriter Jim | 31 |
| Legendary singer Jim | 20 |
| Jim who wrote "Time in a Bottle" | 42 |
| Jim who sang "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" | 59 |
| Jim of "I Got a Name" fame | 36 |
| Italian philosopher: 1866–1952 | 37 |
| Italian philosopher: 1866-1952 | 30 |
| Italian philosopher-historian | 29 |
| Italian historian | 17 |
| His last album was "I Got a Name" | 43 |
| Folk-rock singer Jim | 20 |
| Departed 70's singer | 24 |
| Benedetto of Italy | 18 |
| "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" singer, 1972 | 59 |
| "Photographs & Memories" singer | 45 |
| "Operator" singer, 1972 | 33 |
| "Operator" singer Jim | 31 |
| "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" singer, 1974 | 66 |
| "I Got a Name" singer, 1973 | 37 |
| "I Got a Name" singer Jim | 35 |
| "Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown" composer | 42 |
| "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" singer Jim ___ | 47 |
| "Alabama Rain" singer | 31 |
| ''Time in a Bottle'' singer | 43 |
| ''I Got a Name'' singer | 39 |
| Early spring relatives of irises (Var.) | 39 |
| Early spring flowers | 20 |
| Early spring bloomers | 21 |