| ORTOLANS | Birds of the bunting family, once prized as a delicacy |
| YELLOWHAMMERS | Birds of the bunting family (13) |
| YELLOWHAMMER | Bird of the bunting family mentioned in a Robert Burns poem (12) |
| GUANO | Seabird excrement, once prized as fertiliser (5) |
| SNOWY | With 7-Across, its white plumes were once prized as hat decorations |
| ORTOLAN | Member of the bunting family, regarded as a delicacy (7) |
| TANAGER | Songbird of the bunting family (7) |
| RUNNERDUCK | Indian --; breed of waterfowl prized as a prolific egg-layer, related to the mallard but standing in an upright position like a penguin (6,4) |
| AMBER | With hundreds of shades ranging from honey, butterscotch and citrine to cherry and cognac, a form of fossilised pine-tree resin prized as a gem (5) |
| RUBY | Name a red variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem (4) |
| PEKINESE | Name a small, longhaired Chinese dog, prized as a pet (8) |
| PEARL | White or bluish-gray hard mass formed within the oyster or other bivalve mollusk highly prized as a gem for its luster |
| COCKATIEL | Grey bird with yellow crest, prized as a household pet (9) |
| DURRELL | The youngest member of a family once residing on the island of Corfu, whose passion for collecting local fauna caused great consternation among his siblings Lawrence, Leslie, Margaret and scruffy dog |
| PAPYRI | Plants of the sedge family, once a source of writing material |
| FIGS | Once prized by the Mesopotamians, fruits or syconiums of a tree related to the banyan and mulberry which may be eaten dried, raw, baked or grilled (4) |
| TURBOT | Speckled brown European flatfish of the family Scophthalmidae prized as food; Scophthalmus maximus (6) |
| DONKEY | Smallest member of the horse family, once referred to by William Thackeray as a "cardophagus" (6) |
| BABY | A new addition to the TalbotLago family, once upon a time (4) |
| RUPTUREWORT | Old World plant of the pink family once thought to be a cure for hernias (11) |
