| APUS | Genus of the swifts; or, the Bird of Paradise constellation (4) |
| BIRD | One of the swifts hasn't got the gene for breeding (4) |
| SISKIN | The first of the swifts is related to the finches (6) |
| DEIMOS | Home of the Swift and Voltaire craters |
| SUZUKI | Car manufacturer of the Swift and Ignis models (6) |
| EVEJAR | Dialect name for a nocturnal bird related to the swifts (6) |
| PAVO | The Peacock constellation bordered by Apus the Bird of Paradise and Tucana the Toucan (4) |
| IBIS | I get an encore - or the bird (4) |
| DODO | Act that gets encore -- or the bird (4) |
| FAST | As quick as a Suzuki Swift or Skoda Rapid? (4) |
| TOME | Audubon's "The Birds of America," e.g. |
| LEK | Small area of ground used for courtship displays by birds such as the black grouse and the bird of paradise |
| IDOL | Taylor Swift or Lady Gaga |
| RACE | It's won by the swift |
| MEET | Competition for the swift |
| OWL | The bird of Athena, the Greek goddess of practical reason, was this kind of bird. |
| ROCKPIGEON | What is the common name of the birds of the genus Petrophassa that inhabit the sandstone gorges of n |
| FLIGHT | A journey through the air; a flock or body of airborne arrows, birds, insects etc; the swift passage of time; or, a wandering of imagination or fancy (6) |
| OWLISH | Alluding to the birds of the night, such as the tawny examples in the genus Strix, a word meaning solemn or wise in appearance, especially if bespectacled (6) |
| PARADISE | Appearing on the flag of the South Pacific nation, Papua New Guinea, is the bird of ... |
