| HANDMEDOWN | Passed on my request for feathers |
| FORGETMENOT | My request to be remembered for something in the flower garden (6-2-3) |
| DOWNMARKET | Demand for feathers that are cheap (4-6) |
| POULT | From "chick", a word for a young domestic fowl being farmed for feathers, fattened as food or raised for eggs; or, a chicken generally (5) |
| PENS | From the Latin for "feathers", word for quills or writing instruments, such as the styli with which schoolmaster Cassian of Imola was stabbed to death by his own students (4) |
| PIPESDOWN | Makes a conduit for feathers and puts a sock in it (5,4) |
| DOWNPAYMENT | Part remittance - for feathers? (4,7) |
| DOWN | At a loss for feathers? (4) |
| PINS | From Latin for "feathers", word for edges, points or tips first, later metal tacks traditionally used to fasten bibs to aprons; badges or brooches; flagsticks; pastry flatteners; skittles; tuning pegs |
| PENNE | Food whose name is Italian for "feathers" |
| PLUMAGE | The best time for feathers |
| TAR | Without wings, begin to prepare for feathers? |
| TARRY | Hang about, waiting for feathers? |
| ACHIEVEMENTS | Even a chemist put in order for feathers in one cap (12) |
| EIDER | Duck valued for feathers (5) |
| DRESSDOWN | Tell someone off for feather plucking? (5,4) |
| TARS | Prepares for feathers |
| TARRED | Prepared for feathers |
| PENNON | From the Latin for "feather", a flag, such as a medieval knight's personal ensign or a streamer attached to a lance; or, a poetic word for a wing (6) |
| RHEA | Exotic source for feather dusters |