| BEWICK | Noted for his often humorous tailpiece vignettes of country life in A History of British Birds, an English wood engraver whose apprentice, Ebenezer Landells, co-founded Punch, or The London Charivari |
| MOORE | Author of many rural-themed books including The Brensham Trilogy, his portrait of English country life in a market town in Tewkesbury (5) |
| IDYLLS | Bucolics or vignettes of country life such as those written by Theocritus including The Two Herdsmen, The Harvest Festival and The Beloved (6) |
| AVIAN | Of birds, an initial approach by way of the North (5) |
| HINTERLAND | TV vignettes of Canadian wildlife, '___ Who's Who' |
| TITANS | They're big birds, an inset shows (6) |
| CHARACTERSKETCH | Vignette of eccentric with small sailing boat (9,6) |
| GLIDE | A stretch of shallow flowing water; a smooth sweeping step in ballroom dancing; a soar of a bird; an unpowered flight or coast in a sailplane; a portamento; or, the joining of two sounds without a bre |
| MONDEGREEN | Word, coined by writer Sylvia Wright in 1954 after misinterpreting a line in The Bonny Earl of Murray, for an often humorous or nonsensical phrase or "eggcorn" resulting from mishearing the lyrics of |
| FROST | Robert - - -, American poet noted for his lyrical verse on country life in New England (5) |
| ROBERTFROST | American poet noted for his lyrical verse on country life in New England (6,5) |
| STUNTCARDRIVING | Professional daredevil activity in movies for The Fourniers, a real-life Canadian family featured in a 'Vignette' by the National Film Board of Canada in 1978: 3 wds. |
| GROUSE | Red -; Galliform of heather moorland used as the emblem of a brand of whisky and the journal British Birds (6) |
| ESSAYS | In philately, proposed designs of vignettes or borders for postage stamps; or, academic writings of fewer words than dissertations or theses (6) |
| SKETCHPAD | A block of plain paper upon which to make rapid or rough drawings; or, a book of literary vignettes (9) |
| VINE | Depicted in scroll, rinceau or vignette ornamentation, general name for a plant cultivated in viticulture for its fruits used for wine, currants, raisins and sultanas (4) |
| HENRYV | King of England from 1413-22, immortalised in a history play by William Shakespeare (5,1) |
| ESSAY | In philately, a proposed design for vignettes/borders of postage stamps (5) |
| SONGBIRDS | Blackbirds, robins and thrushes all belong to this group of British birds (9) |
| SPOON | Etymologically related to "spick and span", a cutlery item to whose shape the bill of a white wading bird, an oar and a 3-wood club are likened (5) |
