| LINNETS | Brownish finches with a red breast and forehead in the male (7) |
| LINNET | Brownish Old World finch, the male of which has a red breast and forehead (6) |
| FROWN | Wrinkle one's forehead in disapproval, anger etc (5) |
| BROWNBEAR | Note well sensory organ below forehead in large predator |
| TANAGER | An American songbird with a short, thick bill and a brilliantly-coloured plumage in the male (7) |
| NARWHAL | An Arctic toothed whale with a black-spotted whitish skin and, in the male, a long spiral tusk (7) |
| MANACLE | In the male, is able to return and put one in handcuffs (7) |
| MALTESE | Prepared to turn in the male: a foreigner (7) |
| BREWING | Concocting half a breast and a wing (7) |
| WIDGEON | Eurasian dabbling duck (Anas penelope) whose male has a pinkish breast and cream crown (7) |
| ROSACEA | Skin disease where the cheeks, nose and forehead are flushed (7) |
| CRIMSON | Colour of a linnet's chest and forehead (7) |
| PEACOCK | Pavo cristatus, possessing showy plumage in the male (7) |
| ROBIN | Small songbird with a brown back and orange-red breast and face (5) |
| STERNUM | It's found between breasts and rear ends when one goes topless (7) |
| BULLFINCH | Thick-billed Old World bird, the male of which has a bright pinkish-red breast and cheeks (9) |
| STONECHAT | Songbird, Saxicola torquata, the male of which has an orange-red breast and mottled brown back (9) |
| LION | Large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male. |
| COCKOFTHEROCK | Tropical South American bird with an erectile crest and a brilliant red or orange plumage in the male (4-2-3-4) |
| CHAFFINCH | Common European bird with a reddish body and blue-grey head in the male (9) |
