| AIRSICK | Having more than butterflies in flight? |
| CLOUD | A number of butterflies in flight; or, a meteorological mass studied or contemplated in nephology (5) |
| NERVOUS | Having butterflies in the stomach (7) |
| SKIPPERS | Informal word for captains of ships or of cricket teams; participants in double Dutch; or, darting butterflies in the Hesperiidae family (8) |
| HEATHS | Tracts of lowland carpeted with purple-flowered ling in the summer; or, satyrid butterflies in a subfamily with gatekeepers, marbled whites, ringlets, Scotch arguses, speckled woods and other browns ( |
| DITHERS | Butterflies in the stomach |
| HEEBIEJEEBIES | Butterflies in the stomach |
| COLLYWOBBLES | Butterflies in the stomach |
| HEARTSKIPPINGABEAT | Butterflies in the stomach |
| NERVOUSSTOMACH | Butterflies in the stomach |
| THECLA | Butterflies in the classroom ... (6) |
| ANXIETY | Butterflies in the tum |
| PASTA | Butterflies in the kitchen |
| NERVES | Butterflies in the stomach |
| MARIPOSAS | Butterflies, in Spanish |
| ABAGOFNERVES | A holder of sensational impulses? No, it's butterflies in one's stomach (1,3,2,6) |
| FLIGHTBEHAVIOR | 2012 Barbara Kingsolver novel about a colony of butterflies in Tennessee: 2 wds. |
| APPREHENSION | Agency upsets that woman consumed by retirement plan with butterflies in her stomach (12) |
| APOLLOS | Chalky-white butterflies in the swallowtail family, named after the Greek god of light and music (7) |
| BROWNIES | Butterflies in the genus Miletus pieces of sweet Australian currant bread; rich squares of chocolate cake; or, junior Girl Guides, named after benevolent elves who secretly perform household chores at |