| QUETZALCOATL | Aztec god portrayed as a feathered serpent (12) |
| TLALOC | Aztec god of rain (6) |
| CUPID | Which Roman god is portrayed as a winged boy with a bow and arrow? (5) |
| ANDREW | A knight portrayed as a saint |
| MEASUREFORMEASURE | A play in which the judge Angelo is portrayed as a villain (7,3,7) |
| CHERUB | Angel portrayed as a winged child (6) |
| EROS | Rose portrayed as a symbol of love (4) |
| PREDATORY | Wrongly portrayed as a hunter (9) |
| DRUID | Ancient Celtic priest portrayed as a magician or wizard |
| ELNINO | Phenomenon portrayed as a pro wrestler by Chris Farley on "SNL" |
| STICKMAN | Rod the bloke portrayed as a simple drawing (8) |
| SALIERI | Italian composer, 1750-1825, portrayed as a rival of Mozart in the 1984 film Amadeus (7) |
| REA | Actor Stephen who is portrayed as a character in the 2024 historical drama series "Say Nothing" |
| BIRDIE | A shuttlecock for badminton; a child's word for a feathered vertebrate such as a sparrow; or, a golf score of one stroke under par (6) |
| DUSTER | A feathered cleaner or a polishing cloth; a long coat for a spin in an open-top vintage car; a sprinkler; or, the wind's fiendish work in a dry land (6) |
| LURE | Brightly-coloured angling device such as a jig; or, a feathered decoy used by a falconer to recall a hawk (4) |
| RODIN | Start to read about a Norse god portrayed by a French sculptor (5) |
| MAYAN | Like the feathered serpent god Kukulcan |
| INDEX | Thought to have been inspired by the shape of a feathered arrow, a typography symbol in the form of a pointing hand, also called a manicule (5) |
| PLUME | Also known as a hackle, a feathered ornament attached to a headdress in some British army regiments (5) |
