| TITLARKS | Folk/regional name for the meadow pipits that often fall victim to the dupery of nest-hijacking cuckoos (8) |
| KESEY | Creator of One Flew Over the Cuck-oo's Nest |
| WAUGH | Novelist who wrote in his satire Decline and Fall of the trials of scholar Paul Pennyfeather, wrongly sent down from Oxford after falling victim to the antics of the Bollinger Club (5) |
| INSERTS | Newspaper sections that often fall out |
| TITLARK | Another name for the meadow pipit (7) |
| TITLING | Scottish name for the meadow pipit (7) |
| CHEESE | Bread and -; traditional or regional name for the young, spring leaves and unopened buds of the hawthorn (6) |
| SPRIG | Scots or regional name for the little brown spadger commonly called a house sparrow (5) |
| TUMBREL | Which cart was used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine (7) |
| TUMBRELS | Which carts were used during the French Revolution to convey victims to the guillotine (8) |
| STRAIN | Injury caused by stone that often falls from the sky (6) |
| ANVIL | Item that often falls on Wile E. Coyote |
| DOUGHBOYS | Regional name for flour-based dumplings that bob or float atop soups or stews; or, a nickname for the US soldiers of the First World War (9) |
| TELLTALE | A sneak, snitch or squealer who reveals the misdeeds or secrets of others; an indicator, monitor or recording clock; a regional name for an avian tattler/yellowlegs; or, a dogvane, showing the directi |
| GILL | Ruby Ferguson's series of pony books for children; a female ferret; or, a regional name for ground ivy (4) |
| PASTURE | Wild-flower-rich grassland providing grazing for livestock and a habit for lapwings, meadow pipits, skylarks and other ground-nesting birds (7) |
| CHAIR | Wake up and go to bed!: A "recliner" is a big ___ that is so comfy that people often fall asleep in it |
| LEANEST | Home of the meadow pipit, perhaps, most inadequate (7) |
| SUCCUMB | Fall victim to cold with revolting mucus that's going round Belgium (7) |
| BEHAD | Fall victim to a con |
