| PLUMAGE | Covering miles, a swallow comes up onto mate's tail feathers |
| IRONCARROT | Acme product for unsuspecting rabbits to swallow (comes with magnet), from Compressed Hare, 1961 |
| MOUNT | Climb up onto a horse and bring a gun up to fire (5) |
| HUSKY | Alaskan -; averaging between 50-100 miles a day, a working "musher" dog bred to pull an Arctic sled in a pack (5) |
| STRATA | Begin to move right up onto a set of layers (6) |
| MARTIN | Bird similar to a swallow, but with a shorter tail |
| FAN | During a display ceremony the peacock will stand its tail feathers up to form a ___ that stretches out nearly 2m in length |
| SICKLE | A reaping-hook; a long curved tail feather of a cockerel, reminiscent of said tool; or, with the galleon and the knut, a unit of wizarding currency in the Harry Potter universe (6) |
| IRUN | ___ 10 miles a day. (marathoner's words): 2 wds. |
| MAGNOLIA | Road stretching for miles, a motorway going uphill, blooming thing! (8) |
| MATADOR | Miles a bit unworthy, essentially, to become ring fighter |
| PANDAS | Animals seem unhappy coming up onto the vessel (6) |
| ROOMY | Large anchor pulled up onto prow of yacht |
| SUPPORT | Help kind guards up onto roof of penitentiary (7) |
| REARED | Rose up onto hind legs (6) |
| DOWNINTHEMOUTH | Dicky bird's covering for a swallow? |
| LOW | Tail of a swallow near the ground |
| BEDIVERE | *He is a swallow, maybe, swallowed by a bee (8) |
| PEACOCK | Male of a bird in the genus Pavo, whose tail feathers comprise a rich gamut of iridescent hues owing to structural colouration (7) |
| QUILL | Spine of a hedgehog/porcupine; or, a pen made from a bird's tail feather (5) |
