| POUNCES | Springs or swoops |
| POUNCE | A talon of a hawk; a sudden spring or swoop; fine powder of cuttle-bone or sandarach, formerly used to prevent ink from bleeding; or, charcoal dust sprinkled through perforated designs to transfer mot |
| WELLS | Excavations to access oil or ground water; springs; or, depressions made in flour to hold eggs or milk (5) |
| COILS | From the Latin for "collect, gather together", a word for spirals, helices or twists, such as those observed in incense, ropes, snakes, springs or wires; or, figurative entanglements, hubbubs, perplex |
| SPA | Warm Springs or Saratoga Springs |
| SPAS | Mineral springs; or, thermae or health resorts near such (4) |
| BATHS | Balnearies, hot springs or thermae, such as Aquae Sulis's examples; tubs for balneation; or, swimming-pools (5) |
| HOPS | Springs or leaps |
| LEAPS | Springs or bounds |
| SKIPS | Springs or jumps (5) |
| PALM | Springs or Beach |
| GAYMECCA | Palm Springs or Puerto Vallarta, notably |
| ORCHESTRAS | Ancient Greek "places for dancing", today's large instrumental ensembles or symphonic groups; or, avocet flocks, named for their fluid synchronised flight manoeuvres and swoops (10) |
| THERMAE | Hot springs or baths in ancient Greece and Rome (7) |
| TUFA | Porous rock formed as a deposit from springs or streams |
| NAIADS | Nymphs who inhabited rivers, springs or waterfalls in classical mythology (6) |
| TRAP | Word for a snare; a door set in a floor; a light carriage on springs; or, igneous rock, such as basalt, whose name, from "stair", refers to its often step-like formation (4) |
| MATTRESS | The part of a bed you sleep on. May be filled with foam, springs or air! (8) |
| DIVEBOMBER | Attack plane (or bird that swoops down, steals a French fry, and quickly escapes) |
| JIMMYFALCON | SNL alumnus who swoops to catch prey? |
