| COCKEREL | Bird I'd heard was crooked (8) |
| HELLBENT | Adamant the underworld was crooked (4-4) |
| STOLE | Was crooked |
| OPENEYED | Old writer I'd heard is fully aware (4-4) |
| SNAKEPLISSKEN | Eyepatch-wearing renegade who everybody heard was dead (5,8) |
| APP | Merlin Bird ID, eg |
| YOUNGEST | The not very old invitee, I heard, was the most junior (8) |
| BACON | "Just give me all the ___ and eggs you have. Wait, wait. I'm worried what you just heard was, 'Give me a lot of ___ and eggs.' What I said was, 'Give me all the ___ and eggs you have.' Do you understa |
| HIRSUTE | The girl's formal wear, we heard, was hairy (7) |
| OVERLY | Bowling spell, Lee, I heard, was excessively meant (6) |
| DIVIDER | Bird I'd included is one doing the splits (7) |
| DEVOID | Some confused bird I'd see as being destitute (6) |
| EYES | Conjunctivitis.com I heard was something you were pleased to see (1,5,3,4,4) |
| ASIGHTFORSORE | Conjunctivitis.com I heard was something you were pleased to see (1,5,3,4,4) |
| SOON | Beauty Amber Heard was in the unmemorable 2010 remake, And ____ the Darkness. |
| ODDEST | Falsehood Des told admittedly was the weirdest thing I'd heard (6) |
| DIEHARD | Conservative, I'd heard, is queer (7) |
| EAGLEEYED | Below par performance, I'd heard, quick to pick up |
| PARRICIDE | Description of Oedipus is capital, I'd heard |
| EYED | I'd heard it's looked at |
