| EMULATE | Mimic large bird - teal, perhaps |
| TEARDUCT | Rush and short-tailed teal, perhaps tons in salt-water channel |
| LAPEL | Part of coat left by mimic, large (5) |
| EMULATES | Bird teal's flying after does the same (8) |
| LANTERN | Light tail of teal, an aquatic bird |
| RELATED | Akin to the red teal, possibly (7) |
| ALTERED | Questionable teal colour changed (7) |
| PALETTE | Teal pet is used for colouring (7) |
| CARTMAN | Duck relative of a teal (7) |
| WIDGEON | Duck relative of a teal (7) |
| ALBERTA | Prairie province in Canada, anagram of TEAL BRA (7) |
| WEALTHY | Why Teal? Assembly was loaded (7) |
| GELATIN | Teal cooked in gin can be part of one's food (7) |
| SPRINGS | Word for fountains, spas, streams or other places of rising, hence airborne pronks, ascending flocks of teal, rocketing leaps, upwardly boinging elastic coils or other rising things (7) |
| AQUATIC | Colour that is primarily cold, such as teal? |
| ELGRECO | Artist regularly selected teal, grey and green |
| TWADDLE | How teals move behind their leader? Claptrap (7) |
| MALLARD | Teal's relative |
| ALSORAN | Non-winning contestant from teals or ants (4-3) |
| SITTINGDUCK | Teal with a seat is an easy target (7,4) |
