one word in each answer is the name of an animal, bird, or reptile

[elliefe]

It makesconnections(9,4)
Michigan USA (3,9,5)
Pantomime (6,5)
Very inebriated (4,2,1,4)
He wrote Make Me An o ffer (4,9)
A bright discerning lawyer (5,5)
Men Only (4,50
Mr Bumble stated this (3,3,2,1,3)
Body-snatchers (5,3,4)
JS Bach composition (5,3,6,5)

[Fibonacci]

1. The Wolverine State

[shaneystar2]

Body-snatchers Burke and Hare

[Fibonacci]

8, Burke and Hare

[Fibonacci]

Mr Bumble "The law is an ass"

[shaneystar2]

Men only Stag Night

[paulineward]

6. legal eagle?

[shaneystar2]

Wolf Mankowitz wrote Make me an Offer

[paulineward]

Great to see you on line shaneystar!

[shaneystar2]

Pantomime Mother Goose

[oldwoman]

bach.. Sheep may safely graze

[Fibonacci]

inebriated **** as a newt?

[elliefe]

in the answer mr bumble stated this we needed (3,3,2,1,3)
AND THE LAW IS AN ASS IS (3,3,2,2,3,) WHAT DO YOU THINK

[shaneystar2]

And you Pauline !!

[Ont-ice]

Pantomime: Mother Goose

[crofter]

High as a newt (sorry KITE)

[carrot99]

4. inebriated - high as a kite?

[shaneystar2]

It makes connections....A crocodile clip is a temporary electrical connector

[Fibonacci]

Apologies the quote should be
If the law supposes that, then the law is a ass, a idiot! If that's the eye of the law, then the law is a bachelor. And the worst I wish the law is that his eye may be opened by experience.

[paulineward]

Fibonacci...tut tut..prefer yours though to carrot 99 and even crofters!...

[Fibonacci]

To err is human, to forgive divine :-)