| TRAGOPAN | An Asian pheasant with a brilliant plumage and brightly coloured fleshy processes on the head |
| TROGON | Member of a family of tropical birds, with a brilliant plumage and a short, hooked bill (6) |
| PUFFIN | Northern diving bird with a black-and-white plumage and brightly coloured bill (6) |
| ARGUS | Asian pheasant with eye-like markings on its wings (5) |
| MACAW | Large, tropical American parrot with a brilliant plumage (5) |
| BASS | One of the words for a flax, hemp, jute or lime fibre bag for holding an angler's fish; a powerful sea perch with a brilliant silver body; or, from "low", the lowest part in music or the deepest male |
| TOUCAN | Any tropical American fruit-eating bird of the family Ramphastidae, having a large bill and brightly coloured plumage (6) |
| MANDRILL | Large baboon of West Africa with a doglike muzzle and brightly-coloured face (8) |
| CORED | An apple may be firm and brightly coloured (5) |
| GLADIOLI | Plants with swordshaped leaves and brightly coloured funnelshaped flowers (8) |
| CALCIUM | A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light (7) |
| ARUMLILY | Ornamental plant with a brilliant yellow spike of flowers in a funnel-like bract (4,4) |
| BANDANA | Large and brightly coloured handkerchief (7) |
| GAUDIER | More coarsely and brightly coloured (7) |
| BANDANNA | Large and brightly coloured neckerchief (8) |
| NERITINA | Ornately marked and brightly coloured snails of brackish waters (8) |
| MOORED | Made fast, low and brightly coloured (8) |
| GREATARGUS | Southeast Asian pheasant named after a hundred-eyed giant in Greek mythology |
| CA | A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light. |
| THINKINGCARP | Something fishy that will help you come up with a brilliant solution? |
