| TURNFORHOME | "Now Carrier Pigeon takes the ___!" |
| THEBRIDGE | Forgotten now, carrier of pooh sticks? (5,5,3,6) |
| UNDER | Forgotten now, carrier of pooh sticks? (5,5,3,6) |
| WATER | Forgotten now, carrier of pooh sticks? (5,5,3,6) |
| PIGEONLOFT | Hog freshly teflon-coated ball, now carrier's home (6,4) |
| CZECHEREDFLAG | "Wow! The car from Prague ekes out the victory by a nose and takes the ___!" |
| CAKE | "Well that takes the ____!" |
| MANUMEA | Note for which brief guide is the carrier pigeon of Polynesia |
| MESSAGE | From the Latin meaning "send", a communication conveyed via post, email, carrier pigeon or bottle (7) |
| CARNEGIEPRIOR | Concert hall's religious leader? (carved carrier pigeon) |
| CONVEYOR | Carrier pigeon finally into niche house contracts (8) |
| SEND | Entrust to a carrier pigeon |
| COO | Coup announced by carrier pigeon? (3) |
| NEWSCANISTER | Carrier pigeon's daily delivery? |
| GARRISON | No recipe for carrier pigeons in the troops (8) |
| PAPERBAG | Carrier pigeon actually starts to rap and beg to be released (5,3) |
| HOMING | Carrier: - pigeon |
| MESSENGER | Archangel Gabriel, carrier pigeon, digital nuncio, dispatch rider, herald, Paul Revere, secretary bird or town crier, all linked by delivering tidings (9) |
| BOUQUETBIRDS | Carrier pigeons bringing flowers? |
| MESSAGES | What carrier pigeons carry |