| CORVID | A crow or one of the distinct but closely related members of its family, such as a chough, jackdaw, jay, magpie, raven or rook (6) |
| RWANDA | The constitution of this African nation called the 'Land of a Thousand Hills' requires that at least a third of the elected members of its national legislature be women |
| INBRED | Produced by breeding among closely related members of a group of animals,people and plant |
| CORNISH | ___ chough, traditional name for the red-billed corvid Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (7) |
| PROBED | Quietly dressed, but closely examined (6) |
| ETHNIC | Of the distinct ways of living of a particular group of people (6) |
| CASTE | Any of the distinct hereditary Hindu social classes (5) |
| DIPTYCH | Artwork consisting of two distinct but connected parts, each carved or painted (7) |
| INFANTA | In Spain, fantastic member of its ruling family (7) |
| AURA | Distinct but intangible quality about a person (4) |
| LPGA | Babe Zaharias is a charter member of its HOF |
| LEGUME | Seed of a plant in the pea family such as a chickpea, lentil, bean or peanut (6) |
| AUK | Dwelling on coastal cliffs, a diving seabird in the Alcidae family such as a puffin, guillemot, razorbill or murrelet (3) |
| RAVEN | Known collectively as an unkindness, a buzzard-sized bird related to the crow,jackdaw, jay and rook; one of the avian guardians of the Tower Of London (5) |
| SOPRANINO | The term for a musical instrument such as a recorder or saxophone that has the highest pitch of all those in its family (9) |
| SOUND | Radio as opposed to television; volume or quality of noise; or, the distinct style of a particular composer, orchestra etc (5) |
| NIGELLA | Genus of the devil-in-a-bush or love-in-a-mist that shares its family with the buttercup, granny's bonnet, larkspur and queen of poisons (7) |
| LAUGH | An act of cachinnation, aka a cackle, chortle or crow; or, a card or comic, likely to evoke such a chuckle (5) |
| QUILL | Feather of a goose, crow or raven, used as a pen or for plucking a harpsichord string respectively (5) |
| CROW | Any one of the con/ids or "hoodies" forming flocks known collectively as a storytelling whose relatives include the rook, raven, jackdaw, jay and magpie (4) |
