| OWLERY | Habitation of a "parliament" of the birds proverbial for wisdom (6) |
| OWL | One of a "parliament" of Striges accompanying Athene or Minerva, hence a symbol of wisdom (3) |
| DREY | Habitation of a squirrel (4) |
| LAIR | Habitation of a wolf (4) |
| HOOTS | Sounds from a parliament of owls |
| SEANAD | The upper house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. |
| HOTBED | A forcing-ground or garden plot whose speedy raising of plants by heat is proverbial for a place where problems incubate, troubles blossom or unrosy seeds of strife are sown (6) |
| OTTAWA | Home of a parliament on Parliament Hill |
| SWAMPS | Spongy bogs; the imaginary habitations of ogres or bunyips (6) |
| NESTOR | King of Pylos noted for wisdom (6) |
| SENATE | A tense situation in a parliament (6) |
| SOPHIA | Name from the Greek for 'wisdom' |
| OWLETS | Youngsters in a parliament |
| OIREACHTAS | Consisting of the Dail Eireann and the Seanad Eireann, what is the parliament of the Republic of Ire |
| DAIL | The lower house of the parliament of the Republic of Ireland. |
| LOWERHOUSE | Part of a parliament, usually the larger, numerically (5,5) |
| PROROGUE | Discontinue a session of a parliament without dissolving it (8) |
| SHINE | The non-rainy brighter half of a weather-related duo proverbial for consistency; or, an act of polishing (5) |
| WOODOWL | Name, in reference to its habitation of boscage, forest or other sylvan abode, for the brown/tawny hooting bird of the night, Strix aluco (4,3) |
| TYNWALD | The ___, parliament of the Isle of Man (7) |
