| BULLFINCHES | Small European birds, the males of which have bright red throats and breasts and black crowns (11) |
| BULLFINCH | Small European bird, the male of which has a bright red throat and breast and a black crown (9) |
| LYREBIRDS | Pheasant-like Australian birds, the males of which fan out their huge tails during courtship displays (9) |
| REDSTART | Small European bird, the male of which has a black throat and a brightly coloured tail and breast (8) |
| GEESE | My small European birds (5) |
| SWALLOW | A small bird with a glossy blue back, red throat and long tail streamers (7) |
| BUSTLE | Augmentation of bottom and breasts left me without a supply of money (6) |
| MALLARDS | Species of common wild ducks, males have bright green or blue head (8) |
| BODY | Megan thee Stallion song that, per Wikipedia, "was inspired by her own figure with additional concentration on sizes of waist and breasts." |
| GOLDCREST | A small bird with a greenish plumage and a bright, yellow-and-black crown (9) |
| MOCKMOON | Not a real satellite to have bright patch on lunar halo (4,4) |
| TODY | West Indian bird, green with red throat. |
| FIDDLERCRAB | Type of crustacean, the males of which have one claw much bigger than the other (7,4) |
| STAGBEETLE | Insect of the family Lucanidae, the males of which have large branched mandibles |
| FIDDLERCRABS | Burrowing crustaceans, the males of which have one very large anterior claw (7,5) |
| EXPECTORATE | Clear the throat and hope to deliver a speech |
| UVULA | Small fleshy flap of tissue that hangs in the back of the throat and is an extension of the soft pal |
| CICADA | The males of which summer insect make a loud, rhythmic chirping sound? (6) |
| PEACOCKS | Sacred to the Greek goddess Hera, the males of the national birds of India (8) |
| BEEEATERS | These European birds eat about 200 bees a day. (Hence their name.) Their summer diet is mainly bumblebees, and in winter they eat honeybees and dragonflies. The bird rubs the insect against the branch |
