| SPARROW | With two species in the UK, a finch-like bird known collectively as a host, quarrel or tribe (7) |
| SQUIRREL | Bushy-tailed rodent that has two species in the UK, the red and the grey (8) |
| WEAVER | A loom-operator or basket-maker; or, a finch-like avian architect with remarkable nest-building skills (6) |
| DAFFODILS | Described collectively as a "host" by Wordsworth, narcissi with cultivars such as Spellbinder, Cheerfulness, Rapture, Little Beauty and February Gold (9) |
| BONOBO | One of two species in the genus Pan, the other being the chimpanzee |
| BUNTING | Finch- or sparrow-like bird known collectively as a mural; or, a string of colourful maritime flags or fabric/paper triangles for decorating a boat, festival, street fair or party (7) |
| WILLIAM | Forename of a Lake poet who described glow-worms as Earth-born stars, an evening as beauteous and calm, a multitude of golden daffodils as a host and a crowd and himself as a lonely floating cloud (7) |
| WAGTAIL | Bird with three species in the UK, namely the pied, grey and yellow (7) |
| MARQUIS | In the UK, a nobleman ranked between duke and earl (7) |
| OFFSIDE | (in the UK) a vehicle's right |
| ORTOLAN | Brownish finch-like bird eaten as a delicacy (7) |
| BEAVERS | Semi-aquatic rodents, genus Castor, with two species: North American and Eurasian (7) |
| TANAGER | Cultivate a great new finch-like bird (7) |
| ALMONER | In Britain, a distributor of money on behalf of a monarch or institution (7) |
| GRADE | In the UK, a music exam on a scale from 1 to 8; or, a category given to a listed building, I, II* or IIA (5) |
| BASENJI | Found judge in part of UK a dog |
| PERCHED | Acted like a finch |
| REDPOLL | Socialist to survey a finch (7) |
| CHIRPED | Acted like a finch |
| BRAMBLING | With a name similar to that of the blackberry bush or a variety of cooking apple, a chaffinch-like bird, known regionally as cock o' the north, furze chirper and tartan back (9) |
