| RHEIMS | The Jackdaw of ___ , humorous narrative poem by Richard Barham about a bird stealing a ring (6) |
| LEISURE | A lady of ____ , humorous term for a woman who does not need to earn a living (7) |
| MAGPIE | One of a conventicle, gulp, mischief or tidings of corvids with alleged thieving tendencies like their relatives, the jackdaws (6) |
| CORVID | A crow or one of the distinct but closely related members of its family, such as a chough, jackdaw, jay, magpie, raven or rook (6) |
| ISLAND | Notes From A Small ___, humorous book on Great Britain by Bill Bryson (6) |
| STORKS | Computer animated adventure about a bird who needs to deliver a baby before his boss finds out (6) |
| GROUSE | Grumble about a bird being game (6) |
| CORVUS | Genus of birds including crows, jackdaws, ravens and rooks (6) |
| RAVEN | Known collectively as an unkindness, a buzzard-sized bird related to the crow,jackdaw, jay and rook; one of the avian guardians of the Tower Of London (5) |
| ALSOSPRACH | 1896 tone poem by Richard Strauss inspired by a Friedrich Nietzsche novel (4,6,11) |
| AHEROSLIFE | English name of Ein Heldenleben, the 1898 symphonic poem by Richard Strauss (1,5,4) |
| EPSOM | In 1976 Nijinsky II became the first horse since Barham to win the triple crown of the Guineas, St L |
| CROW | A bird allied to the jackdaw, jay, magpie, raven and rook (4) |
| ROOK | Bird related to crows, ravens and jackdaws; or, a chess piece in the form of a battlement (4) |
| INGOLDSBY | The - Legends (Barham) |
| INBY | Reverend Barham losing medals near the house in Scotland (4) |
| COCKATOO | About a bird too: a nosy bird (8) |
| CHAT | Informal talk - about a bird of the thrush family? (4) |
| KNIGHTS | The Barron ____, humorous pop rock group formed in 1959 (7) |
| MAYAN | "___ elephant caress you with his toes" (lyric from a song about a bird) |
