| SHRIKE | Songbird with a heavy, hooked bill, also called the butcherbird (6) |
| ANCHOR | Heavy, hooked device dropped overboard to restrict a vessel's movement (6) |
| CNOTE | Bill also called a "Benjamin" |
| CSPOT | Bill also called a benjamin |
| TROGON | Member of a family of tropical birds, with a brilliant plumage and a short, hooked bill (6) |
| PARROT | Tropical bird with a hooked bill, brightly-colored feathers and webbed feet with (2) toes pointing forward and (2) toes pointing backwards / one who mechanically repeats the words or acts of others wi |
| PETREL | Oceanic bird having a hooked bill, such as the albatross (6) |
| EAGLET | Young bird of prey with a large hooked bill (6) |
| RAPTOR | A bird that feeds on animal flesh, distinguished by a hooked bill and sharp talons |
| LOGGERHEAD | The ___ shrike, aka the butcherbird |
| WATER | With heat being a major threat to its eggs and young, that big bill also serves as a canteen, bringing ___ to shower over its nest. |
| FINS | Bills also called "Abes" |
| ONES | Bills also called singles |
| FRIGATEBIRD | Predatory tropical avian with a long hooked bill (7,4) |
| MERGANSER | Large marine diving duck with a long, slender hooked bill (9) |
| ANI | Glossy black cuckoo with a heavily hooked bill (3) |
| KEA | Large New Zealand parrot with a hooked bill and mostly olive-green plumage; Nestor notabilis (3) |
| EAGLE | Bird with a hooked bill (5) |
| PELICANS | Large, fish-eating waterbirds with an extendible hooked bill to scoop up prey (8) |
| MERGANSERS | Large marine diving ducks, typically crested, with long, slender hooked bills (10) |
