| HOOTING | The sound of two owls initially instormy night? (7) |
| PARLIAMENT | A group of owls initially plagued a busy terminal (10) |
| YOLKSAC | Young owl initially lacks fluid part of egg (4,3) |
| RIMES | Correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (5) |
| RHYME | Versification; correspondence in the sounds of two or more lines (5) |
| FLO | Nightingale's familiar form, fairly like owl initially |
| CRASH | A sound of two colliding cymbals; a mismatch of colours; or, any incompatibility leading to conflict (5) |
| DIPHTHONG | Sound of two vowels in one syllable (9) |
| BYEBYE | Sound of two swallows parting (3-3) |
| EDITORIAL | Sound of two boys squashing Conservative leader (9) |
| TEPEE | Sound of two letters in a wigwam (5) |
| CLANK | Loud, sharp, metallic sound of two things being struck together (5) |
| CLINK | Sound of two glasses being "cheers-ed" |
| SPOONERISMS | Mistakes made by speakers in which the first sounds of two words are changed over (11) |
| PARE | Reduce sound of 2 from 2 (4) |
| AHEN | "Two owls and _ ___ / Four larks and..." - Edward Lear |
| LIMERICK | Lear's, for example, went, "There was an old man with a beard; Who said, 'It is just a I feared!'; Two Owls and a Hen; Four Larks and a Wren;, Have all built their nests in my beard!" |
| SCREECH | _ owls, small birds of prey of the genus Megascops, native to the Americas (7) |
| BROWNIE | Benevolent elf of folklore carrying out household chores at night; a junior Guide whose leaders were formerly named after owls; or, a square of rich chocolate cake (7) |
| STRIGES | A large amount of pressure to protect one key family of owls |
