| ASTHECROWFLIES | In a straight line, using corvid's wings (2,3,4,5) |
| ROOKERY | A group of the corvids known collectively as a storytelling, nesting high in a clump of trees; or, a colony of seabirds or marine mammals such as penguins, seals or turtles (7) |
| MONORAIL | A railway line using a single track (8) |
| TECHNICAL | Unravel catch line, using a specialised skill (9) |
| DIGITAL | What one might do to plot a line using computer technology |
| CASTS | Throws a fishing line, using rod action (5) |
| ATONALISM | Sonata I'm playing with line using all twelve tones? (9) |
| IMPEL | One man had to record comeback on line, using force (5) |
| ALLSTAR | Key singers upset following lines using celebs only |
| ETCHINGS | Prints made by incising lines using acid into metal plates (8) |
| MAGPIE | Corvid known collectively as a mischief whose name is used to refer to a chatterbox or a hoarder; the outermost-but-one ring on a target; or, slang for a halfpenny (6) |
| TAPPETS | Moving parts in a machine which transmit motion in a straight line between a cam and another part (7) |
| LINEAR | ELR in a tizzy about going in a straight line (6) |
| JAYS | With a knack of cultivating oak tree saplings hence their Latin name Garrulus glandarius "chattering acorn gatherers", the UK's most colourful corvids (4) |
| ROOKS | Corvids known collectively as a parliament; or, chess pieces, originally representing elephantine war carriages known as "castles" (5) |
| BLUEJAYS | Colourful, noisy corvids of North America, Cyanocitta cristata (4, 4) |
| MAGPIES | Corvids whose legendary thievery inspired an opera by Rossini (7) |
| RAVENOUS | Starving corvids circling old university |
| CAW | Sound from some corvids |
| CROWS | Brags about corvids (5) |
