| SKYLARK | "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!", wrote Shelley to this bird (7) |
| ROTATION | 'Revolution!' wrote Asian in speech (8) |
| GALVANI | Italian physician whose experiments inadvertently led to the invention of the voltaic pile and later inspired Mary Shelley to write Frankenstein (7) |
| COURT | Fyne -; National Trust-owned garden in the Quantocks once home to Andrew Crosse, the scientist said to have inspired Mary Shelley to create Frankenstein (5) |
| LAYBYTHEHEELS | Hate, by Shelley, to put one in confinement (3,2,3,5) |
| NOEL | Forename of a dramatist who wrote a play that takes its title from the opening line of an ode by Shelley: "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" (4) |
| TOASKYLARK | Shelley poem that begin's "Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!" |
| AASKYLARK | Shelley ode that begins "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" |
| ODE | A famous one by Percy Bysshe Shelley begins "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" |
| PERCYBYSSHESHELLEY | *"Hail to thee, blithe Spirit!" poet |
| ALOHAOE | Hawaiian song that translates to "Farewell to Thee" |
| BLITHE | 'Hail to thee, -- spirit!' |
| EIDERDUCK | It's all down to this bird! (5,4) |
| MAGPIE | Peg I am attaching to this bird (6) |
| FALCON | No calf could fall to this bird of prey (6) |
| HEN | The nest is home to this bird |
| TOTHEE | "Hail ___, blithe spirit!" |
| OTTO | "The Simpsons" character who once listened to "Hail to the Bus Driver" on his Walkman |
| CHIEF | Hail To The ___: song often played to mark the appearance of the US president. (5) |
| GRAVE | Hail to the king and where he is laid to rest! |
