| PEACOCK | The tail feathers of what bird are considered unlucky? (7) |
| SPOTS | Eye; markings on the tail feathers of a peacock or the wings of the butterflies described in 25 Down (5) |
| PEACOCKORE | Nickname for the mineral bornite because of its range of iridescent colours resembling the plumage and tail feathers of India's national bird (7,3) |
| EIDER | In Iceland, the soft feathers of what duck are gathered from nests for clothing and bedding? (5) |
| SIEGE | A 'gaggle' is the collective noun for a group of what birds? (5) |
| QUILL | Pen made from the main wing or tail feather of a large bird, by pointing and slitting the end of the shaft (5) |
| SICKLE | A reaping-hook; a long curved tail feather of a cockerel, reminiscent of said tool; or, with the galleon and the knut, a unit of wizarding currency in the Harry Potter universe (6) |
| LADDERS | Sets of portable stairs, depicted on some types of game-boards with snakes and considered unlucky if walked underneath (7) |
| OSTRICH | What bird was farmed in New Zealand in the 1880s for its feathers? (7) |
| SPARROW | What bird is mentioned in the final act of Shakespeare's Hamlet? (7) |
| EYESPOT | Type of marking on a peacock's tail feather or on the wing of a butterfly such as gatekeeper, meadow brown, speckled wood or cabbage white (7) |
| REMIGES | Large flight feathers of a bird's wing (7) |
| FEATHER | What bird has to put out for the fare (7) |
| PLUMAGE | Peacocks are best known for their amazing eye-spotted tail feathers or ___ |
| EMUWREN | Small Australian bird with six coarse tall tail feathers (3,4) |
| DUCK | Eiderdown, the down feathers of the common eider -- which is a type of this bird -- are used in some quilts and pillows. In Pericles (act 3, prologue) is the following reference: "...the grisly north |
| TICKOFF | Ruffle the feathers of |
| UNNERVE | Ruffle the feathers of |
| SKYLARK | What bird was introduced into New Zealand from 1864-79, with some sent from New Zealand to Hawaii in 1870? (7) |
| WIDGEON | What bird is doing we misrepresented? |
