| YELLOWHAMMER | The European bunting Emberiza citrinella (12) |
| ORTOLAN | Brownish bunting, Emberiza hortulana, which is eaten as a delicacy (7) |
| YELLOW | Small European bunting (6,6) |
| YELLOWHAMMERS | European buntings |
| ORTOLANS | European buntings |
| REEDBUNTING | Emberiza schoeniclus, European bird that breeds in marshy environments (4,7) |
| MONTAGU | With several species named after him including a blenny and a harrier, the author of Ornithological Dictionary who first distinguished the cirl bunting from the yellowhammer (7) |
| FLAGS | Items forming bunting; the shapes of the tails of retriever and setter breeds; or. yellow irises (5) |
| FLAGSTICK | According to the USGA Rules of Golf, "a moveable straight indicator, with or without bunting or other material attached, centred in the hole to show its position" |
| CROCUS | Meaning "saffron", a corm with purple, white or yellow flowers such as the Firefly, Snow Bunting or the Spring Beauty; or, jeweller's rouge (6) |
| TANAGER | Songbird of the bunting family (7) |
| CORN | Common crop we might connect with the bunting bird (4) |
| REMNANT | Last piece of cloth at the end of a bolt sold at a reduced price, often used for projects including cushion covers, patchwork, bunting, lavender bags and French memo boards (7) |
| AVES | Class of vertebrates whose farmland examples include the corn bunting, skylark, yellowhammer, grey partridge, linnet and lapwing (4) |
| FLAG | A piece of bunting with distinctive colours and a design such as a border, canton, saltire, skull and crossbones or stripes; or, a yellow iris thought to have inspired the fleur-de-lis (4) |
| NONPAREIL | Word for something regarded as unequalled, such as a painted bunting; a fine russet apple; or, one of "hundreds and thousands" of rainbow- coloured sprinkles used to decorate a chocolate button of the |
| NESTS | Bunting bases |
| PAPE | Painted bunting |
| BIRD | Bunting, e.g. |
| CIRL | A species of bunting (4) |
