| CORVID | Perhaps crow or rook overwhelmed by virus |
| BRAG | Crow or rook evidently secured? (4) |
| CORBIES | Scots word for ravens, crows or rooks (7) |
| GERMANMEASLES | Disease produced by virus and wild mean seals (6,7) |
| SPRAIN | Medical issue caused by virus, essentially, in EU state (6) |
| WINDOWSILL | Shelf of software affected by virus? (6,4) |
| USING | Inmates gripped by virus in gaol may be on drugs? (5) |
| VIRGIN | American spared by virus with spirit intact |
| LAUGH | An act of cachinnation, aka a cackle, chortle or crow; or, a card or comic, likely to evoke such a chuckle (5) |
| CLAW | Old English "iron hook", today's nail, pincer or talon of a bird or animal such as a bear, cat, crab, dog or rook (4) |
| COLDSORE | Dr Spooner's disposed of heart abscess caused by virus (4,4) |
| CHESSPIECE | Knight or bishop or rook etc (5,5) |
| GULL | Pigeon or rook or seabird (4) |
| QUILL | Feather of a goose, crow or raven, used as a pen or for plucking a harpsichord string respectively (5) |
| SQUAB | Young pigeon, dove or rook; or, a cushion covering an ottoman's lid (5) |
| TRIBE | Crow or Fox |
| OSCINE | Like a crow or lark |
| CAW | Harsh strident cry of a crow or raven |
| BIRD | Crow or crane |
| COO | Odd crow or pigeon sound (3) |
