| BIANCA | "Una paloma ____ / I'm just a bird in the sky" (George Baker, 1970s song lyrics) |
| PIE | Bird in the sky? (3) |
| SHARONA | "M-m-m-my ___" (1970s song lyric) |
| MAD | "I'm not ___, I'm just disappointed" |
| CHARLIE | "All the Birds in the Sky" Nebula winner ___ Jane Anders |
| FAITH | Paloma ___, singer who has been a coach on The Voice UK (5) |
| MONDEGREEN | A "lady" in a misheard 17th-century ballad, now a name for misheard words, especially in song lyrics |
| KINGFISHER | One of the Angle monarchs? - Was just a bird to me (10) |
| ASODA | Bette Midler "I'm just a girl with moonlight in my eyes, I want a ___ and a souvenir" |
| LAW | What the bill becomes at the end of "I'm Just a Bill," in "Schoolhouse Rock" |
| UNA | ___ Paloma Blanca, 1970s song (3) |
| FOWL | Fine bird, or just a bird? (4) |
| TURTLEDOVE | Reptile and bird or just a bird (10) |
| RENDELL | Crime drama series featuring George Baker as DCI Wexford, The Ruth ------- Mysteries (7) |
| DOH | "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say ___" (episode of "The Simpsons" with a punny title) |
| PEAFOWL | Wolf ape? No just a bird (7) |
| HERON | No! To her it's just a bird |
| SCHOOLHOUSEROCK | Series that introduced the songs "Interplanet Janet," "Conjunction Junction," and "I'm Just a Bill" |
| LION | "I'm afraid there's no denyin' I'm just a dandy-____ , a fate I don't deserve" |
| AIR | "Castles in the ___": 1970's song |