| SPECULUM | Coloured patch on the secondary wing feathers of some birds (8) |
| BOARDS | Gets on the secondary roads, for a change (6) |
| ORANGETIP | Nectaring on cuckoo flowers or "lady's-smock", a "lady of the woods" butterfly whose male specimens bear a characteristic tangerine-coloured patch on either forewing (6-3) |
| AREOLAR | After aloe, rash shows receding of coloured patch of skin |
| TERTIARY | Which form of education lies beyond the secondary stage (8) |
| FANTAILS | Rear-end features of some birds and fish |
| DOVETAIL | A type of tenon or joint that is characteristically fan- or wedge-shaped, like the spread train feathers of a culver or columba (8) |
| SIDEDOOR | Team, cross turning up at the secondary entrance (4-4) |
| SPECKLES | Features of some bird eggs |
| AIREDALE | Rough-haired tan-coloured terrier with a black patch on its back (8) |
| OILSLICK | Greasy patch on surface of water (3,5) |
| SOLSTICE | Note slippery patch on road: that is expected in December |
| CREST | A tuft or growth of feathers, fur or skin along the top of the heads of some birds and animals (5) |
| CERE | the fleshy, waxy covering at the base of the upper beak of some birds (4) |
| STARSPOT | Dark patch on a distant sun |
| SUNSPOT | Dark cool patch on the surface of our nearest star (7) |
| STAR | A white spot or patch on the forehead of a horse |
| BLEEDINGHEART | Dove with an oval red patch on the breast (8,5) |
| TONSURE | The shaven patch on the head worn by monks, etc (7) |
| 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 |
