| BIRDTABLE | Stand for a swift meal? (4,5) |
| SCURRY | Word for a swift scoot, scramble or skitter; a scud or swirl of snow; a short sprint; or, a scamper of squirrels (6) |
| GLANCE | Word for a swift oblique impact or movement, thus for a hurried or momentary coup d'oeil, aka a peek (6) |
| ESCAPADE | Word for a swift uncloaking in order to slip away from a peruser originally, now a daring, exciting, freeing adventure, breaking loose from restraints (8) |
| STEED | A trunk call in ease for a swift equine |
| SPEEDY | Say, went for a swift ... (6) |
| EJECTORSEAT | Pilot's device for a swift exit |
| HALF | Head left periodically for a swift one? |
| GALLOPER | Lop large pieces for a swift runner |
| BIRDBATH | One way into books at hotel, ideal spot for a swift dip? |
| ARAINYDAY | Future needy time in city a swift attack always overcomes |
| HITANDRUN | Success ___ also manage a swift attack (3-3-3) |
| SNATCH | A swift act or thing, such as a hasty grab or catch; a kidnapping or theft; a quick bite to eat; a brief spell of exertion, sleep, time etc; a fragment of a song or a talk; or, a quibble (6) |
| COURSER | A swift charger, steed or warhorse; a runner; a beagler or other hare hunter; a hound, trained for said chase; or, a plover-like bird, adapted for sprinting, rather than flying (7) |
| RUNNER | A narrow rug; a ski; a smuggler; a swift messenger; a sprinter; a stolon; or, a type of long flat bean (6) |
| CAREER | From the Latin for "wheeled vehicle", word first for a racecourse or a gallop at full-speed, later a swift headlong rush; or, one's profession or progress through life (6) |
| DUNK | Word for a baptismal dip or sectarian immersion that became a biscuit or piece of bread's fateful plunge into one's cup or soup; a swift head-under-water duck; or, a basketball's slam or shot through |
| RUSH | A swift forward movement; a stampede; a sudden demand, burst of activity, flood/flow or euphoric thrill; or, a flock of pochards (4) |
| BARB | A party's left Barbados with a swift horse for you |
| HOBBY | Falcon related to the kestrel, merlin and peregrine; a swift-flying bird catching dragonflies on the wing with a Latin name used for the game Subbuteo (5) |
