| EVEJAR | A cryptic churn-owl, dorhawk, fern-owl, goatsucker, nighthawk, puckeridge, wheeler or whippoorwill whose name in question reflects its nocturnal activity or twilight churr (6) |
| NIGHTBIRD | Owl or whippoorwill, e.g. |
| STANTON | Parish adjoining village of Puckeridge (7) |
| TEASER | A prankster, ribber, tantaliser or taunter; a brain-twister, mind-bender, poser, puzzle or other riddle; a jaeger; a cryptic advertisement designed to entice or titillate; or, a wool-comber (6) |
| LARK | A songbird; or, an early riser, as opposed to an owl or nighthawk (4) |
| BIKE | Informal word for a velocipede powered by a wheeler or imagined as the transport of a swarm of bees (4) |
| OWL | A nightbird, such as the autumn-hooting territorial "tawny" named for its fulvous plumage; or, alluding to said "Billy Hooter's" nocturnal lifestyle, a nighthawk, as opposed to a lark (3) |
| SIGNPOST | A pole or stake from which to hang an inn's name board; an "indicator" in a cryptic crossword; a roadside waymark; or, a clue (8) |
| ORNITHOLOGIST | One observing a mavis, merle or goatsucker ... |
| SWIFT | A very fast and flighty goatsucker-like bird which rarely ever lands (5) |
| BERT | Wheeler or Lahr |
| QUAD | Four-wheeler or ___ bike |
| ZACK | Wheeler or Greinke |
| GARYCOLE | US actor who played Jack 'Nighthawk' Killian in the TV series Midnight Caller (4,4) |
| GROUNDNESTINGBIRDS | Examples of ___-___ ___ in Canada are the Common Nighthawk and the Harris's Sparrow |
| NIGHTJAR | A goatsucker (8) |
| PACKAGETOURS | Dad getting chased by goatsucker ruined the holidays (7,5) |
| JAROWL | Another name for the goatsucker, from the harsh noise it makes |
| GOATSUCKER | Insect-eating bird such as the whippoorwill |
| NIB | Whippoorwill bill |
