| COLLAREDDOVE | Nabbed a pigeon family member by the scruff of the neck! (8,4) |
| ROCKDOVE | A pigeon family member on a boulder dived American-style (4,4) |
| BONK | Thump a bighead on the back of the neck! (4) |
| NUCHA | Greek character is taken to tea by the scruff of the neck (5) |
| NAPE | To have forty winks, we finish by the scruff of the neck |
| COOPTING | Electing an additional member, by the votes of the existing ones (2-6) |
| STAMP | A member, by the way, will put his foot down (5) |
| STYLE | Kind, upright member by the sound of it (5) |
| CAUGHT | Feline with an expression of disgust nabbed, a mouse maybe? (6) |
| DANIELRADCLIFFE | This famed child actor, now 36 Years old, nabbed a Best Leading Actor in a Play nomination for Every Brilliant Thing |
| TOOKABIT | Nabbed a piece and almost sunk one's teeth in (4,1,3) |
| BROTHERINLAW | Family member by marriage |
| SCRUFF | Back of an animal's neck:grab by the scruff |
| DODO | A bird that was a flightless member of the pigeon family and which is now extinct |
| SLOVENIA | One held by the scruff - a state to behold! |
| APES | Scruffs of the neck |
| NAPES | Scruffs of the neck (5) |
| DOVES | These birds are smaller, long-tailed members of the pigeon family. They're also a symbol of peace. In Henry VI Part 3 (act 2, scene 2), Clifford says, "The smallest worm will turn being trodden on, / |
| DOVE | Bird of the pigeon family often used as a symbol of peace |
| COLLARED | ___ dove, bird in the pigeon family, rare in the UK until the mid-20th century (8) |
