| VEXILLUM | Vane of a feather; or, a type of ancient Roman military standard (8) |
| BASILICA | A type of ancient Roman public building with a large rectangular nave and an apse at one end (8) |
| EAGLE | Score well under par of the Roman military standard (5) |
| MARABOU | Largest of the storks; its feathers; or, a type of fine white raw silk (7) |
| BARB | Any of the hairlike filaments that form the vane of a feather (4) |
| COHORT | Ancient Roman military unit, six centuries or one-tenth of a legion (6) |
| AGORA | A type of Ancient Greek market or gathering place from which the phobia of open/public places derived its name (5) |
| INCAN | A type of ancient Peruvian not out of jail |
| VANE | A blade of a propeller or windmill; the fletching of an arrow; the vexillum of a feather; or, a weathercock (4) |
| FLORENCE | It was founded as a Roman military colony about the 1st century BCE. It is the capital of Tuscany. In The Taming of the Shrew (act 1, scene 1), Lucentio says, "A merchant of great traffic through the |
| GENEROUS | Kind of ancient Roman people keeping half of 13 confused (8) |
| IMPLUVIA | Square basins in atria of ancient Roman houses (8) |
| NIJMEGEN | Dutch city (pop 170,000), founded as a Roman military camp in the first century BC (8) |
| SHAFT | Vertical passageway into a mine; ray of sunlight; a bolt of lightning; the rachis of a feather; or, an arrow (5) |
| SWING | Bing Crosby sang, "But if you don't care a feather or a fig, You may grow up to be a pig," in the Oscar-winning song ... On A Star |
| EAGLEEYE | Excellent ability to discern military standard watch (5,3) |
| PLUME | A downy aigrette, marabou or other large, ornamental or showy feather; or, something reminiscent of said panache, such as a cloud/wisp of smoke, a T-shaped white moth or a pappus of a dandelion clock |
| SWEEP | Another word for the steerer of a dragon boat; a sail or vane of a windmill; or, a chimney cleaner (5) |
| RACHIS | An axis or shaft of a feather; or, the spine or vertebral column (6) |
| ONA | Bing Crosby warned, "But if you don't care a feather or a fig; You may grow up to be a pig," in the |
