| ANTITHESIS | Training a new bird - somehow, she is the opposite (10) |
| THRUSH | Bird somehow hurts her top (6) |
| EMUS | Flightless birds somehow seem useless |
| GOLDDIGGER | The more loving she is, the more tender she gets (4-6) |
| REHEARSING | Training a dog, or practising a play (10) |
| ANDROMACHE | She is the wife of Hector. In Trolius and Cressida (act 5, scene 3), Cassandra says, "Hark, how Troy roars! how Hecuba cries out! / How poor ___ shrills her dolors forth!" |
| ANSERINE | A new bird beginning to emerge as a goose |
| LANTERN | Left with a new bird seeing light (7) |
| SOLAN | Consequently, learner gets a new bird (5) |
| ANTITOXIN | A new bird, round before ten inside, with something to neutralise poison (9) |
| NEST | Place for a new bird |
| ICON | "She's an ___, she's a legend and she is the moment" |
| HESSIAN | Somehow she's got in a mess with the material |
| USHERESS | Somehow she's sure she could work in a cinema (8) |
| LORELEI | She is the girl with the collective knowledge on the garland (7) |
| ABOLISHED | Got rid of a boil, somehow - she would |
| TOVEJANSSON | Multidisciplinary artist and writer, she is the originator of the iconic "Moomin" characters, and lived out her retirement with her partner on a tiny Finnish island. |
| GARNET | She is the quiet leader of the Gems in Steven Universe. |
| LEADINGLADY | She is the first to be on the stage (7,4) |
| ACHILLESHEEL | A cold fish accepting she is the weak point (8,4) |