| BUNTING | Finch- or sparrow-like bird known collectively as a mural (7) |
| BIRD | Finch or sparrow |
| WALLACE | Did Edgar write as a mural expert? (7) |
| SPARROW | With two species in the UK, a finch-like bird known collectively as a host, quarrel or tribe (7) |
| SWALLOW | An abyss; a throat; or, a migratory fork-tailed bird known collectively as a flight, a flock or a gulp (7) |
| JACKDAW | Related to raven, rook and crow, bird known collectively as a clattering (7) |
| CYGNETS | Young of the birds known collectively as wedge, bevy, herd or lamentation (7) |
| STREAKY | The ___-headed seedeater is a sparrow-like finch of southern Africa (7) |
| ROOK | Crow-like bird known collectively as a building, clamour, congregation, parliament and storytelling (4) |
| GREENFINCH | Olive-coloured siskin-like bird known collectively as a trembling (10) |
| SAMURAI | A mural shortly is designed for an old Eastern warrior (7) |
| GLAMOUR | The alluring beauty of a mural. Go round to see it (7) |
| SEASIDE | Type of postcard or sparrow (7) |
| GOLDFINCH | Depicted in a painting by Carel Fabritius that inspired a novel by Donna Tartt, a colourful garden bird known collectively as a charm (9) |
| DUCK | Water bird known collectively as a paddling or a raft (4) |
| PIGEON | Looked after by a fancier, bird known collectively as a kit, flight or loft (6) |
| DRAKE | The male of the bird known collectively as a badelynge, bunch, raft, paddling, team or a safe (5) |
| OWLET | The young of a bird known collectively as a parliament (5) |
| CRANE | Bird known collectively as a herd, sedge or siege (5) |
| BRAMBLING | With a name similar to that of the blackberry bush or a variety of cooking apple, a chaffinch-like bird, known regionally as cock o' the north, furze chirper and tartan back (9) |
