Huntingdon Macmillan "All Creatures Great And Small"

[Salty]

Answers to this quiz are all creatures. Clues are general knowledge, anagrams and cryptic. Number of letters in brackets.

12. What kind of creature was Nag? (5,5)
16. Instrument security (4,4)
21. Ill tempered support (7,4)
27. Phooey! Light up (4)
35. It sounds lovely: great fun (4)
40. Birds seen in subtitle (8)
46. Work hard (6)
51. Create flat nut assortment (10,3)
58. A good luck symbol before flutter (9,3)
61. I hear it's a good place to play around (4)
62. Some French percussion (6)
68. Is this bird out of breath? (6)
71. Merry Scavenger (8,5)
81. Chesterfield's Chester (5,5)
84. Furious ring (8)
85. World War Two military operation (3,4)
86. A protective structure of pilings (8)
92. Pop, drawn out stages (5,8)
96. Meat is dispersed among company (7)

As you can see, I've still got quite a few to get, so any help would be much appreciated.

[Dinkypuzzled]

27. rats.
40. bluetits (anag.)
46 beaver
58 horseshoe bat ?
62 dugong
68 puffin

[Salty]

Thanks, Dinkypuzzled. I should have got some of these, but I've never heard of a dugong (but it is correct!).

[thim]

hi salty
12 black cobra 16 harp seal 21 grizzly bear
35 lark 51 leafcutter ant 61 lynx 71 laughing hyena
81 field mouse 84 flamingo 85 sea lion
86 starling 92 daddy longlegs 96 chamois
i have the same for 52 and 68
good luck
thim

[Salty]

Thanks, Thim. I have porcupine for 52, and now puffin for 68.

[marycroft]

62. Dugong.
81. Field Mouse.
Can you help please with:-
14. You might find this Alan in a fruit tree.(9)
23. A degree unaccompanied.(7)
28. Its a sin.(5)
34. Hugo th cook lives in this street.(6)
43. Found in thriving numbers.(3)
56. Provide column. (11)

[Salty]

Hi Mary, thanks for your answers.

I have...
14. Partridge
23. Abalone
28. Sloth
34. Pigeon
43. Gnu
56. Caterpillar

[marycroft]

Thank you very much Salty.Some look so easy when you see the answers.