| NIDE | Brood of pheasant |
| NYE | A brood of pheasants |
| ENE | A brood of pheasants (3) |
| EYEBALL | Observe brood of pheasants gathering for dance (7) |
| KEENEYE | Eager brood of pheasants having perceptive sight (4,3) |
| PAIR | A brace of pheasants, couple of lovers, distich of lines, duo of rowers, duet of singers, dyad of gloves, flight of stairs, yoke of oxen or other two of a kind or twinset of equal things (4) |
| PARTRIDGE | Game bird of pheasant family |
| CARPORT | Shelter grouse or last of pheasant |
| TRAGOPAN | Turkey, before pot of pheasant |
| TEAM | Old word for a brood of animals that is used to mean a set of draught horses working together; a co-operative unit of athletes; a squad; or, a string of flying ducks (4) |
| TOPANDTAIL | What chef might do to skin of pheasant, with trouble (3,3,4) |
| PLECTRA | Criminal cartel headed by leader of pheasant pluckers (7) |
| DUCKANDCOVER | Cheap diner's version of pheasant under glass? |
| GOLDEN | Type of pheasant that supplies crest and tippet fly-tying feathers (6) |
| GUINEAFOWL | Old bread pursued by fine bird, relative of pheasant |
| PORRIDGE | Bird, type of pheasant that's alternatively used for art |
| GAMEBIRD | Willing royal involved in offer of pheasant, for example (4,4) |
| CLUTCH | Brood of hens or a sitting of their eggs; a hand-held bag or purse; or, one of the pedals in a manual car (6) |
| NEST | A twiggy, feathered or meringue-based structure in which to sit a clutch of eggs, brood of chicks or selection of seasonal berries (4) |
| HEADS | Obverse of a coin; or, one of the words for groups of pheasants (5) |
