| CHANTICLEER | Literary name for a male domestic fowl, from a character in the medieval tales of Reynard the Fox (11) |
| ISENGRIM | Wolf character frequently outsmarted in the medieval tales of Reynard the Fox (8) |
| BUFFORPINGTON | Yellowish-brown breed of domestic fowl from Kent |
| CUBICLE | Small compartment for young fox one class initially encountered |
| COCKADOODLEDOO | Crow of a male domestic fowl (4-1-6-3) |
| GREEN | Rival beheaded by Sir 1 in the medieval tale (5,6) |
| KNIGHT | Rival beheaded by Sir 1 in the medieval tale (5,6) |
| ROOSTER | A male domestic fowl (7) |
| GESTS | Medieval tales of daring adventure |
| RHODEISLANDRED | Colourful fowl from the US east coast |
| EMU | Big fowl from down under |
| BRUIN | Name of the bear in the fable of Reynard the Fox |
| POOTER | An entomologist's bottle for collecting insects; or, a word, derived from a character in Diary of a Nobody, for a petit bourgeois (6) |
| VULCAN | Name of a Roman god of fire and the forge, hence a literary name for a blacksmith or ironworker (6) |
| ROMANCE | A group of languages descended from Latin, including Catalan, Italian and Provencal; or, a medieval tale of adventure and heroism written in one of these vernaculars (7) |
| ROMAN | A medieval tale of chivalry; a novel; a citizen of ancient "Caput Mundi" or of the "Eternal City"; or, ordinary type, as opposed to italic (5) |
| KESTREL | Staniel or windhover once of lowly status, thought worthy only of a knave in the medieval hierarchy of falconry, hence the title of Barry Hines's 1968 novel adapted by Ken Loach (7) |
| BOORADLEYS | Britpop band the ____ took their name from a character in To Kill a Mockingbird |
| PANGLOSSIAN | Having an optimistic view of the world, from a character in Voltaire's Candide ( 11) |
| THESOUPDRAGONS | Band from Motherwell formed in 1985, taking their name from a character from the TV show 'Clangers' (3,4,7) |
