| MATROUH | Breed of heat-tolerant chickens developed in Egypt, with barred plumage (7) |
| BANDARA | Heavy, white breed of chickens with duplex combs, developed in Egypt (7) |
| GOLDEN | _ Montazah is a breed of chickens with barred plumage, developed at a research farm in Egypt (6) |
| THERMOSTABLE | Albert shot me about being heat tolerant(12) |
| BIELEFELDER | _ Kennhuhn is a breed of chickens developed in the 1970s in Germany (11) |
| JAVA | Breed of large chickens developed in US from Asian stock (4) |
| STRATEGY | Holy woman meets informer early on in Egypt with master plan (8) |
| UXORIALLY | How The Other Half Loves, heading off somewhere in Egypt with current partner (9) |
| ZEBRAFINCH | Bird with black-and-white barred plumage |
| PLYMOUTH | Rock: breed of chicken developed in Massachusetts in the 19th Century (8) |
| RHODE | ___ Island Red (breed of chicken developed in New England) |
| BRAHMA | Breed of large chicken developed in the US from Chinese imports (6) |
| CUBALAYA | Rare breed of chicken developed in the Caribbean from southeastern Asian stock (8) |
| BRAKEL | Old Belgian breed of chicken, now rare, with barred markings, bred for egg production (6) |
| DEGREE | Drive across Egypt with quantity of drugs of a particular grade (6) |
| ARABIC | A god of Egypt with inexpensive pen creating language of the Quran (6) |
| RIFTONTHENILE | Disastrous event that left Egypt with no water, seen by a canoeist with no paddle? |
| RAMSES | Pharaoh of ancient Egypt with a variantly-spelled name |
| CRIB | A child's bed with barred or latticed sides |
| CUCKOO | Grey bird with barred white underparts, named for its call (6) |
