Genius 214

[Pete666]

Last clue in Genius is puzzling us:
18a Cuts head off yellow flowers (8)
(The answer will be a 4 letter word after we take off an animal)

[Mamyalynne]

(Cows) Lips ?

[Pete666]

OK, that's what we suspected, but where's the definition of lips?

[Mamyalynne]

Nowhere, sadly.

Any theme?

[Patsy33]

Clips cut head off - C

[Pete666]

Oh! Clips - cut head off = lips?

[Mamyalynne]

Special instructions

In 15 clues the wordplay (or a second definition)
leads to a solution after someone has been 8, the
definition for which has gone missing but turns
up as a solution elsewhere. Letter counts for the
15 clues are for the solutions before 8; but in 10
cases the required grid entry is the solution after
8. All grid entries are normal words and phrases
or, in one case, an acronym.

[Mamyalynne]

Well fathomed Patsy.

[Pete666]

Thanks, Patsy.

[Patsy33]

Glad I could be of some help.. :-)

[roslyn251254]

could also be (ox)lips

[Mamyalynne]

I was too fixated on finding the animal to remove.

[Mamyalynne]

(8) Ros.