Possible Clues:

• Reptile akin to 1
• Pogo's pal Albert, for one
• Sounds like an old crock that'll kill you
• Reptile that provides leather
• Vicious attacker in gaol, with trial being rearranged
• Animal of the crocodile family
• Large carnivorous reptile
• Snapper knocked back a 1/4 pint in course of duty
• Dangerous creature worried a girl a lot
• It's all one so to rag the old crock, by the sound of it