| FEMUR | Bone of a flightless bird with extremely fair skin (5) |
| RATITE | Ornithological term for a flightless bird with a flat breastbone, such as an emu, kiwi, ostrich or r |
| EMULATE | Follow the example of a flightless bird now dead (7) |
| RHEA | Name of a flightless ostrich-like bird; the second-largest moon of Saturn; or, the mother of Zeus (4) |
| EMU | The music supply of a flightless feathered one |
| ENGLISHROSE | Epithet for a British beauty with fair skin |
| BRANTUB | Possibly a feature of fair skin, except when reflected |
| SIRFRANCISDRAKE | Explorer with badly scarred fair skin |
| CONVEY | Transport criminal is extremely fair at yard (6) |
| ASHBLONDE | An extremely fair woman in Barnet (3,6) |
| SKULL | Head bone of a mammal, bird or reptile (5) |
| SAMOA | A flightless bird once associated with south Pacific state |
| PHALANX | A formation of ancient Greek warriors with interlocking shields; or, by extension, a dense body of soldiers; a crowd; a bone of a finger or toe; or, a bundle of stamens (7) |
| PLAINS | A far western suburb starting with a flightless bird (3,6) |
| KIWI | Genus of a nocturnal flightless bird with very short wings |
| DODO | From the Portuguese meaning "simpleton", a flightless bird hunted to extinction, so named for its apparent lack of fear of human beings (4) |
| CASSOWARY | A large flightless bird with a head 'casque', inhabiting forests in North East Australia, New Guinea and adjacent islands (9) |
| GENTOO | Excessively dope, initially, a flightless bird (6) |
| HEARHEAR | A flightless bird in her grasp? Right on! (4,4) |
| OSTRICH | Chariots disperse, missing a flightless bird |
