| BOXKITE | Fight with a bird that might be highly strung (3,4) |
| OWL | He's a bird that might give a hoot about Halloween |
| TIGHTROPE | Drunk painter may be highly strung (9) |
| PUPPETSHOW | In which players may be highly strung? (6,4) |
| ANDNAIL | How one might fight with a dentist and a manicurist? (5,3,4) |
| PHOENIX | In Greek mythology, this bird is a long-lived bird that cyclically regenerates itself. In Henry VI, Part 3 (act 1, scene 4), York says, "My ashes as the ___, may bring forth / A bird that will revenge |
| CREEPER | A bird that runs or spirals up and down tree trunks; a daisy-cutter in cricket; or, a vine such as the clematis, periwinkle or woodbine |
| PARROTS | Birds that might accurately say "I'm fifty years old" |
| SWALLOW | A bird that makes good eating? (7) |
| EMULATE | Copy a bird that is dead (7) |
| JACKDAW | A bird that appears in "The Magician's Nephew" as "the first joke in Narnia" (7) |
| SWAN | White bird that might be swimming in a park's pond |
| EMU | Large bird that might be attacked by a dingo |
| CROW | Black bird that might be found in a wheat field |
| PIGEON | Bird that might be fed by park visitors |
| CRANE | Long-legged bird that might be whooping, sandhill or grey-crowned (5) |
| WOODPECKER | Bird that might be great spotted or green (10) |
| DIVER | Bird that might be red-throated, black-throated or great northern (5) |
| SHOEBILL | Bird that might be presented to you at Jimmy Choo's? (8) |
| ORIOLE | Bird that might be orange and black |
