| JABIRU | Large, white, tropical American stork with a dark, naked head and dark bill (6) |
| BLUEGEESE | Arctic birds with white heads and dark-colored bodies |
| ROSEATE | The ___ tern, pale with a dark bill, nests at RSPB Coquet Island (7) |
| NOGGIN | Kissing naked head (6) |
| VLASIC | Pickle company featuring a stork with Groucho's voice |
| OCELOT | Feline mammal with a dark-spotted coat, native to Central and South American forests (6) |
| STREWN | Scattered showers, torrential rain, easily wet naked heads |
| OPENBILL | Stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip. |
| MUSSEL | Marine bivalve with a dark, slightly elongated shell (6) |
| NOBODY | 2021 thriller film starring Bob Odenkirk as an ordinary man with a dark past |
| IBIS | Long-legged wading bird related to storks with a downwardly-curving bill and a wingspan of up to a m |
| TARRED | Covered with a dark, viscous substance |
| CRANE | Superficially, they resemble herons, but they are usually larger and have a partly naked head, a heavier bill, more compact plumage, and an elevated hind toe. They form an ancient group, the earliest |
| ADJUTANT | Large Indian stork with a military gait (8) |
| WOODIBIS | Stork with a featherless head |
| MARABOU | Large African stork with a huge beak (7) |
| MOLE | A breakwater; a spy; a mammal, known collectively as a labour, with a dark-taupe coat of velvet-like fur; or, a chilli-and-chocolate sauce (4) |
| GUINEAFOWL | Game bird with a dark plumage mottled with white and a heavy, rounded body (6,4) |
| RAREBIT | Run naked head to toe, it's kind of toasty (7) |
| POLLACK | A gadoid food fish with a dark green back and a projecting lower jaw |
