The clues are given with answers in alphabetical order:
BELLY BUTTON | Adam didn't have one (5 6) |
BELLY DANCE | Turkish art form (5 5) |
DEATH HEAD | Totenkopf: var. (5 4) |
DEATH HOUSE | Huntsville Unit, for example (5 5) |
EARHART DEBATE | Famous flyer argument (7 6) |
EARHART START | Oakland in 1937 (or, perhaps, Miami later that June) (7 5) |
EARNING GRASS | Deserving weed (7 5) |
GEAR RATTLE | Flywheel noise (4 6) |
GRASS SNAKE | Harmless European ophidian with a yellow collar (5 5) |
HEAD HUNTS | Recruits personnel away from others (4 5) |
INCOME EARNING | Gainfully employed (6 7) |
LAND DEBATE | Argument over farm ownership, such as in South Africa (4 6) |
LOTUS EYES | Feature of many Buddha sculptures (5 4) |
LOTUS LAND | Ganna Walska's garden (5 4) |
RAIN DANCE | Ritual drought ender (4 5) |
RAIN SHOWER | Brief precipitation (4 6) |
RATTLE SNAKE | Venomous desert animal (6 5) |
SHOWER HUNTS | Quick early morning puzzles, maybe? (6 5) |
SNAKE MASK | Halloween accessory for one with a forked tongue (5 4) |
START BUTTON | Windows feature (5 6) |
STATE HOUSE | Boston has two (5 5) |
STATE RATTLE | Baby toy shaped like New Hampshire (5 6) |
SWIM MASK | Goggles alternative (4 4) |
SWIM TRUNKS | Beachwear (4 6) |
TAXI INCOME | Meter plus tips? (4 6) |
TAXI THREE | 2003 Luc Besson dud (4 5) |
THREE EYES | Toy Story character feature (5 4) |
TREE GEAR | Ropes, chainsaws, and a wood chipper (4 4) |
TREE TRUNKS | Boles (4 6) |
These can all be put into the grid going through the given starting letters, as below.
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Y | S | W | I | M |
Several pieces of the grid are body parts (shaded), including a HEAD, EYES, two EARs, a BELLY, and most notably a TRUNK. This should help to indicate that the resulting picture is that of an ELEPHANT, the answer to the puzzle.