| BEAK | Word at Eton and Harrow for a schoolmaster; a rostrum shaped according to the diet of the bird to which it belongs; or, a projection at the prow of an ancient galley (4) |
| HAIDA | The chief Cumshewa, who led the massacre of the crew of the American boat Resolution, belonged to wh |
| BAMBOO | Constituting the diet of the giant panda, a tall woody grass and the world's fastest-growing land plant (6) |
| ANNOTATED | Added a commentary at Eton and roundabout |
| HEAD | Word for a capitulum of flowers; an effigy on a coin; one's "upper storey"-encasing caput; a cabbage or lettuce, dense and round like said anterior bonce; a schoolmaster/mistress; a nide of pheasants; |
| PEDANT | Word for a schoolmaster/teacher originally, now a formalist, hair-splitter, nit-picker, precisian or purist (6) |
| MARTINLUTHER | German leader of the Protestant Reformation excommunicated and outlawed by the Diet of Worms in 1521 |
| SIR | A dear beginning for a schoolmaster (3) |
| DOMINIE | Scottish word for a schoolmaster (7) |
| PROTEIN | Substance essential in the diet of animals for growth and repair of tissues (7) |
| SIROCCO | Is returning the bird to the house, due to the wind (7) |
| COLLEGE | Any one of the academic institutions founded by Henry VI, including Eton and King's (7) |
| EDUSKUNTA | Unicameral parliament of Finland, established in 1906 to replace the Diet of Finland (9) |
| ANTS | Insects studied in myrmecology that constitute the majority of the diet of green woodpeckers (4) |
| RIVAL | Eton to Harrow, for example |
| BREAKNEWGROUND | Harrow for the first time to be innovative (5,3,6) |
| CHA | About to welcome head of Harrow for tea (3) |
| SPEAKER | When it comes to the Diet, he makes the rules (7) |
| SEATURTLES | The diet of indigenous Tampa Bay-area tribes included these creatures, still found in the bay today |
| SEEDS | Grains, kernels, pips, stones... embryonic plants constituting the diet of granivorous birds including goldfinches, turtledoves, wood pigeons and tree sparrows (5) |
