| CASTLESINTHEAIR | Dreams of rooks flying? (7,2,3,3) |
| LOOKERSON | Witnesses lone rooks flying |
| ROWAN | Rook flying out of unusually narrow tree (5) |
| KANGAROO | Jumper shows rook flying round a nag, running (8) |
| THEASPERNPAPERS | Story of rook in tree covered in article by press (3,6,6) |
| WOOKIEEMISTAKES | Things Chewbacca does that prevent the Millennium Falcon from flying? |
| CHESSMAN | Shem's burst in to preserve one of a pair of rooks, maybe |
| TENDRIL | Shoot a number of rooks initially, wearing turned-up hat |
| BORING | The first of rooks in spring sound flat |
| CROOKS | A number of "rooks" are dishonest (6) |
| ROASTPORK | Dish of rooks part-cooked (5,4) |
| LENTO | Slowly advanced second of rooks (5) |
| NARRATIVE | Story from resident about a pair of rooks (9) |
| HARRY | Badger and pair of rooks in grass (5) |
| RAMPART | Defence of rook taking a measure of current skill |
| CORPSE | Dead body of rook in a group of trees |
| ARREST | Check using a couple of rooks after removing bishop - excellent! (6) |
| MACAW | Parrot with head of myna and a cry of rook (5) |
| DERANGE | Disturb queen, in danger after loss of rook |
| CASTLEINTHEAIR | Vision of rook in flight (6,2,3,3) |
