| ROCKET | The herb arugula; a firework; the rising of a game bird when flushed; or, with "sweet", dame's-violet or mother-of-the-evening with nightscented honesty-like blooms (6) |
| NIDE | Group of pheasants on the ground as opposed to a bouquet when flushed or a brace as a pair (4) |
| SHRINKINGVIOLET | Who's an introvert - Viole.. Viol...Vio ...? (9,6) |
| STRAVINSKY | Composer noted for pieces such as Fireworks, The Faun and the Shepherdess and the ballet Firebird (1 |
| BRIDGE | A game bird when worried, for instance, retreats |
| GREYHEN | Female of a game bird with display grounds traditionally known as leks (4,3) |
| ASCENT | The rising of a smell (6) |
| RIDGE | Crest of a game bird having part missing (5) |
| SCAPE | The cry of a snipe when flushed; the snipe itself; an old word for a getaway, slip or transgression; a suffix indicating a scene, as in land, moon or sea; or, the leafless flower stem of the amaryllis |
| BOUCHER | French artist in the Rococo style whose paintings include Charms of Country Life, A Summer Pastoral, The Rising of the Sun, The Billet-Doux, The Dovecote and several portraits of Madame de Pompadour ( |
| BOUQUET | Word describing a group of pheasants when flushed; the characteristic aroma of wine or perfume; or, a floral arrangement, bigger than a posy (7) |
| FRANCOLIN | The Cape ___ or spurfowl is a game bird of the pheasant family found in the Cape provinces and Namibia (9) |
| NORTH | From a word meaning "left, below", the cardinal direction to one's left when facing the rising of the star central to our solar system (5) |
| CROWRINGGLORY | The magnificence of a black bird when it wears a circular piece of jewelry? (Toyota) |
| FLORID | From "blooming" - a word used to mean abounding in blossoms; chintzy, grandiloquent, overly adorned or richly ornamental; flushed or rosy of complexion; or, bright in colour (6) |
| SORD | Name given in medieval times to a flock of mallards, derived from the way they respond when flushed (4) |
| EXORTU | The rising of the sun or stars (abl.) |
| ASHEN | How onlookers must have looked at the rising of The Phoenix? (5-5) |
| FACED | How onlookers must have looked at the rising of The Phoenix? (5-5) |
| EAST | Towards the rising of the sun |
