| PECKINGORDER | Hierarchy (of hens?) (7,5) |
| PECKING | Hierarchy (of hens?) (7,5) |
| ORDER | Hierarchy (of hens?) (7,5) |
| KESTREL | Staniel or windhover once of lowly status, thought worthy only of a knave in the medieval hierarchy of falconry, hence the title of Barry Hines's 1968 novel adapted by Ken Loach (7) |
| CLUTCH | Brood of hens or a sitting of their eggs; a hand-held bag or purse; or, one of the pedals in a manual car (6) |
| SETTING | A clutch of hen's eggs in a nest; "mise en scene" of a film or stage play; adaptation to music; or, the direction of a current of wind (7) |
| PATHNAME | Full description of the location of a file or other item within a hierarchy of directories (8) |
| YOLKS | Parts of hen's eggs surrounded by albumen, the colours of which reflecting the breeds of the birds and their diets (5) |
| CRACKLE | Sound of burning right amongst the sound of hens (7) |
| CHUCKS | Sounds of hens; pebbles used in pitch-and-toss games of the same name; careless or casual throws; or, devices for holding bits in drills (6) |
| LAYERS | Piles of hens (6) |
| CACKLE | Sound of hens, laughing (6) |
| EGGS | Urges on the production of hens |
| PHYSIOLOGICAL | The first level of needs according to the Hierarchy of Needs |
| NEEDS | Maslow's hierarchy of -; motivational theory in psychology comprising a fivetier model of basic huma |
| FOODCHAIN | Hierarchy of different living things in number of grocery shops (4,5) |
| SCOOPFUL | Small number of hens, you might say, for an ice cream serving? (8) |
| TOUGHENS | Improves durability of hens following nasty gout (8) |
| HART | Stag party undressed by first of hens (4) |
| SCARCENESS | quality of hen's teeth |
