| WHEATEAR | Songbird related to the chats (8) |
| REDSTART | Eurasian and North African songbird related to the chats (8) |
| ROBIN | Small Old World songbird related to the thrush, the male of which has an orange-red breast (5) |
| BLUETHROAT | Small brownish songbird related to the thrush (10) |
| LINNET | Songbird related to the finch |
| SISKIN | Sharp-billed olive-green songbird related to the goldfinch (6) |
| COTINGA | New World songbird related to the umbrellabirds and fruiteaters (7) |
| WAGTAIL | Songbird related to pipit (7) |
| PIPIT | Meadow, tree, rock or water -; a songbird related to wagtails (5) |
| IVES | Zoological class comprising the chats, finches, pipits, titmice, warblers and all other bird-life (4) |
| AVES | Zoological class comprising the chats, finches, pipits, titmice, warblers and all other bird-life (4) |
| EPICENTRE | Classic ballet leap - cut the chat, where's the earth moving? (9) |
| MEETFACETOFACE | End the chat room suspense, in a way |
| HATCHET | Used for cutting down the chat, possibly |
| CARR | Comedian who hosts the chat show Chatty Man, Alan _ (4) |
| HATCHETJOB | Fault-finding ruined the chat before work (7,3) |
| ELAINE | Lady, mistress of grand house, cutting the chat |
| BRB | "Leaving the chat for a sec" |
| GAS | Flabbergasted, partly by the 'chat' (3) |
| FAT | Chew the...(chat) (3) |
