| VERDIN | From French for "yellowhammer", a North American titmouse-like penduline bird whose Latin epithet, Auriparus flaviceps, means "yellow-headed golden chickadee" (6) |
| YOKEL | From dialectal English for "green woodpecker, yellowhammer", a towny term for a bumpkin, clodhopper, country cousin, hayseed or other supposedly unsophisticated rustic (5) |
| TWITE | Name, thought imitative of its note, for a brown linnet-like bird with a pale-pinkish rump, whose Latin epithet, Linaria flavirostris, means yellow-billed linen weaver (5) |
| FAIRYRING | Short name of a mushroom whose Latin epithet, Marasmius oreades, refers to mountain nymphs; or, a circle formed by a number of said champignons, but popularly attributed to imagined folkish dancing pi |
| BLUECAP | A titmouse; a flame-like folkloric mine fairy; a one-year-old salmon with a spotted head; or, a Balmoral bonnet, hence a Shakespearean or colloquial term for a Scotsman (7) |
| EAGLE | Comic that featured Dan Dare; or, a bird whose Latin name Aquila was designated to a constellation (5) |
| KNOT | Bird whose Latin name Calidris canutus recalls the story of King Canute and the tide; or, a flower bed design inspired by Renaissance embroideries and tapestries (4) |
| HAWFINCH | Elusive bird whose Latin name Coccothraustes coccothraustes means kernel-crusher (8) |
| KESTREL | Bird whose Latin name Falco tinnunculus roughly translates as "tinkling falcon" or "little bell ringer" (7) |
| EAGLES | Birds whose Latin name Aquila was given to a constellation (6) |
| CANARY | Bird whose Latin root means "dog" |
| REDKITE | Bird whose Latin name is Milvus milvus (3,4) |
| PEA | From Greek for "fodder", the Latin epithet of bluegrass, meadow-grass, tussock and its relatives (3) |
| AGNUSDEI | Latin epithet for Jesus derived from the Gospel of St John |
| BUNTING | The act of pushing; a tipcat-like game; a "snowflake" or yellowhammer; fabric for ships' colours; or, flags for boats or for decoration collectively (7) |
| MOG | A tattle, imitative of the chatter of a pie; the pyot itself; a halfpenny; a long-tailed titmouse; or, in short, a glossy or the element with atomic no. 12 (3) |
| CIRCE | Mythical sorceress whose name is referred to in the Latin epithet of enchanter's nightshade, for it was thought by botanists to be used by the aforesaid spellbinder to bewitch Odysseus's companions (5 |
| LADYSSMOCK | With the Latin epithet Cardamine pratensis, "meadow cress", a cuckoo flower, fairy flower, Lucy locket or milkmaid with pale-lilac or rose-pink apparently dress-like petals (5-5) |
| CIRL | From "whistle as a thrush", a species of bunting resembling a female yellowhammer (4) |
| PEACE | Word for calm or concord whose Latin translation, pax, refers to a holy kiss or an osculatory; or, a call amongst schoolchildren for a truce (5) |
