| NYE | A brood of pheasants |
| NIDE | Old word for a brood of pheasants (4) |
| ENE | A brood of pheasants (3) |
| TEAM | Old word for a brood of animals that is used to mean a set of draught horses working together; a co-operative unit of athletes; a squad; or, a string of flying ducks (4) |
| CLUTCH | A group of eggs laid in a single session; or, a brood of chicks (6) |
| EYEBALL | Observe brood of pheasants gathering for dance (7) |
| FLYAWAYHOME | 1996 film, starring Anna Paquin, Jeff Daniels and Dana Delany, about a young girl who adopts a brood of Canada geese |
| LITTER | Word for a bed in medieval times, later hay, rushes, straw etc as bedding for cattle or horses; a brood of kittens, piglets or other animals; or, rubbish, carelessly strewn on the ground (6) |
| LITTLER | Last of all in a brood of young may be smaller (7) |
| KEENEYE | Eager brood of pheasants having perceptive sight (4,3) |
| PAIR | A brace of pheasants, couple of lovers, distich of lines, duo of rowers, duet of singers, dyad of gloves, flight of stairs, yoke of oxen or other two of a kind or twinset of equal things (4) |
| HEAD | Word for a capitulum of flowers; an effigy on a coin; one's "upper storey"-encasing caput; a cabbage or lettuce, dense and round like said anterior bonce; a schoolmaster/mistress; a nide of pheasants; |
| NURSE | Healthcare professional such as a sister in charge of a ward; or, a worker bee that tends a brood (5) |
| BOUQUET | Word describing a group of pheasants when flushed; the characteristic aroma of wine or perfume; or, a floral arrangement, bigger than a posy (7) |
| NEST | A twiggy, feathered or meringue-based structure in which to sit a clutch of eggs, brood of chicks or selection of seasonal berries (4) |
| COVEY | A brood, hatch or flock of grouse, partridges, quail or other game birds; or, a small party or set of people (5) |
| HEADS | Obverse of a coin; or, one of the words for groups of pheasants (5) |
| CHICKEN | Cowardly member of a brood (7) |
| DEADEYE | Marksman has slain a lot of pheasants (7) |
| TWO | Number of pheasants in a 'brace' (3) |
