| SCRAPPY | A nickname for a perch (7) |
| MONIKER | A nickname for a person (7) |
| ROOST | Word for a perch for fowls; a group of said birds or bats resting together; a hen house; a sleeping-place; a Scottish garret or loft; a spar of a roof; or, an Orcadian tidal race (5) |
| BONES | Dice or dominoes; bobbins for lace-making; osseous structures collectively forming a skeleton; or, a nickname for a doctor or "pill" (5) |
| SEASWALLOW | A nickname for a tern, owing to its long "martlet"-like tail; the storm petrel; or, a flying fish (3,7) |
| DUB | A nickname for a fishing fly (3) |
| SISSY | A nickname for a half-sister from Sydney outskirts |
| ROD | Pole for a perch |
| BUCKEYE | The --- State, a nickname for Ohio (7) |
| ETERNAL | The _ City, a nickname for Rome (7) |
| KIWI | Flightless bird that's also a nickname for a person from New Zealand |
| LBJ | 1960s presidential initials also used as a nickname for a current Lakers player |
| DEATHSTAR | Massive sci-fi weapon, or a nickname for A.T. & T.'s logo |
| CAPTAINSLOG | Ship's record is a nickname for a hardworking gov'? (8,3) |
| BAMBI | Felix Salten's fawn character, first animated or brought to life by Disney in 1942; or, a nickname for a born-again middle-aged biker (5) |
| AEOLIAN | - harp; instrument named after the Greek god of the wind; or, a nickname for Chopin's Etude Op. 25, No. 1 (7) |
| HOOSIER | The --- State, a nickname for the US state of Indiana (7) |
| INDIANA | Hoosiers is a nickname for people from which US state? (7) |
| FOGCITY | A nickname for San Francisco (3,4) |
| ROOSTED | Sat on a perch (of a bird) (7) |
