| AIRTO | "As the ___ a bird...": Blake |
| FREEAS | The Beatles' "___ a Bird" |
| ISIT | '___ a bird? ___ a plane? No, it's Superman!' (2,2) |
| SANDMARTIN | Point the damaged tamarinds out ___ a bird (4,6) |
| ITS | "___ a bird! ___ a plane! ___ Superman!" |
| HES | "__ a bird dog" (Everly Brothers lyric) |
| PEEWIT | Weep about object ___ a bird (6) |
| IBIS | Australian white ___, a bird dubbed 'bin chicken' because of its scavenging habits (4) |
| IGUANA | The Night of the ___ , a stage play by Tennessee Williams later adapted as a 1964 film starring Richard Burton (6) |
| ATOM | "The Ghost in the ___: A Discussion of the Mysteries of Quantum Physics" |
| BATTKEOFLIFE | The ___: A Love Story; the fourth in order of the five Christmas books by Charles Dickens (6,2,4) |
| NECK | A pain in the ___ : a bother or a cause of irritation? |
| OLDCONTEMPTIBLES | The ____, a nickname for the British Expeditionary Force, based on a description attributed to Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| PURPOSEOF | "The ___ a man is to love a woman" (lyric from the 1965 hit "Game of Love") |
| SHOEMAKER | The Elves and the _; a set of tales collected by the Brothers Grimm (9) |
| BAHAMAS | The _, a group of coral islands in the Caribbean, the capital of which is Nassau (7) |
| ROUND | In the _, a theatrical seating arrangement in which the audience encircle a central stage (5) |
| WHO | The ___, a band that never won a Grammy |
| ROSIE | Ring-a-round the ___ a pocket full of posies... |
| BULGE | Battle of the ___, a.k.a. Ardennes Offensive |
