| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hurried around at home but found it thorny (6) | ||
| Like books and vertebrates, say | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 26 Jan 2025 |
| Like cacti or vertebrates | ||
| Having needles, as a cactus | New York Times | 10 Dec 2023 |
| Three- -- stickleback | ||
| Covered with thorns | ||
| Like vertebrates | ||
| Like vertebrates | ||
| Like vertebrates | ||
| Like cacti | ||
| Like books and backs | ||
| Thorny | ||
| Thorny | ||
| Having prickles. | ||
| Bristling like cactus. | ||
| Having thorns. | ||
| Describing cacti. | ||
| Like cacti. | ||
| Thorny. |