| GOLDFINCH | Bird might be folding, going to church (9) |
| NOTES | Scribblers may take them to be folding stuff (5) |
| BICYCLES | These may be folding or recumbent |
| SHIPSHAPE | It is the side of craft a posh bird might adapt to (9) |
| BULLFINCH | Bird might fill in a nosegay (9) |
| OUTOFHAND | How very tame birds might eat beyond control (3,2,4) |
| CAGE | What a pet bird might be kept in |
| LAYANEGG | How bird might be completely unsuccessful in North America (3,2,3) |
| DRAKE | Bird might be the bait angler uses (5) |
| ALLOFAFLUTTER | How bird might be anxious? (3,2,1,7) |
| MINCEPIE | After half-a-minute, this French bird might be found in Christmas food (5,3) |
| KITE | Such a bird might be found flying at the end of the line (4) |
| SINGININTHERAIN | Film what birds might be doin' when the weather's bad |
| INANEST | Most stupid birds might be found here? (7) |
| PRONOUNCE | Say, perhaps I will be going to church (9) |
| REMINISCE | Talk about old times: religious teaching, short skirts, going to church (9) |
| HEADPIECE | Hat that fellow nowadays regularly prizes going to church (9) |
| RECOGNISE | Spot uppity ad legend going to church about robes (9) |
| EXISTENCE | Roughly sixteen going to church - it's a poor living (9) |
| GREENWICH | Inexperienced group of women going to church somewhere in London |
