| STRIPES | Houseflies are grey in colour with four dark ___ on the back of the body |
| SPOT | A dark ___ on a maggot indicates freshness (4) |
| IOMOTH | North American insect, the male of which is bright yellow in colour with a blue and pink eyelike spot on each hind wing (2,4) |
| BURMESE | A breed of short-haired domestic cat, usually dark brown in colour with green or golden eyes (7) |
| GUNMETAL | Dark bluish-grey in colour (8) |
| TINYTIM | Ultimately grey in colour, I'm a Christmas story character (4,3) |
| ITS | Fred Astaire maintained, "Let the rain pitter patter; But it really doesn't matter; If the skies are grey; Long as I can be with you; ... a lovely day" (2'1) |
| NANNYGAI | Edible sea fish of Australia, red in colour, with prominent eyes (8) |
| HUGE | Mammoth is initially grey in colour (4) |
| ASHEN | Grey in colour |
| CASH | Money from Cuba - it's grey in colour (4) |
| TILLI | "When skies are grey and you say you are blue; I'll send the sun smiling through; I want to be happy |
| HUEY | Nephew of Donald Duck in colour with happy ending (4) |
| MILD | Beer typically dark in colour with low alcohol content |
| AREMYSUNSHINE | "You make me happy when skies are grey," sang Gene Autry in You ... (3,2,8) |
| LARVAE | Houseflies will lay their eggs on faeces, rotting carcasses or decaying fruit so that when the ___ hatch they have something to feed on |
| CLYDESDALE | Draught horse from Scotland, usually bay in colour with white markings (10) |
| CHEW | Houseflies lack the mouthparts needed to ___ food, so they live on a liquid diet |
| SHARPBLOW | A rabbit punch is a ____ on the back of the neck |
| GRISAILLE | From French for "grey", a monochromatic painting executed entirely in shades of grey, in imitation of stone sculpture; or, the original stained glass in this manner (9) |
