| SMEE | Dialect for ducks including the pintail, pochard, wigeon and that also known as white nun/redhead (4) |
| TEAL | Cousin of the pintail |
| MALLARDS | With drakes known as greenheads, freshwater dabblers that are the ancestors of most farmyard ducks including the Aylesburys, Khaki Campbells and Silver Appleyards (8) |
| CISTERCIAN | Monk or nun belonging to an order which branched from the Benedictines, also known as White Monks (10) |
| ANAS | From the Latin for "duck", a genus of fowl that includes the common teal, mallard and northern pintail (4) |
| ZEDOARY | Perennial Asian herb of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae) also known as white turmeric (7) |
| SMEW | Duck known as a white nun when male or a redhead when female (4) |
| EMMA | The X-Men's Ms. Frost also known as White Queen |
| CERUSSITE | Mineral also known as white lead ore (9) |
| BELARUS | Republic of Eastern Europe, also known as White Russia |
| NAPHTHAS | Camp stove fuel also known as white gas |
| DRAKE | Male of the mallard, teal, eider, wigeon, pochard or Aylesbury (5) |
| ROAR | Bellow as he rows after the redhead (4) |
| ABELE | Alternative botanical name of the tree known as white poplar (5) |
| MANUKA | Shrub or tree known as white tea tree, can grow to 12m in height (6) |
| RUSH | Word describing the busy hour for commuters, a feeling of euphoria, a swift paddling of pochards or a sudden dash of blood to the head (4) |
| DUCK | Pochard or wigeon, eg |
| WHIR | Sounds like fan of west has friendly greeting for redhead (4) |
| ZINLFATE | Compound formerly known as "white vitriol" |
| DIVINGDUCK | The pochard, scaup, redhead or canvasback, or example |
