| ZUFOLO | Little Italian flute or flageolet used in the training of songbirds due to its comparable sound (6) |
| WHISTLE | Steam-operated signalling device on an old railway locomotive or a traditional kettle; or, a simple type of fipple flute or flageolet (7) |
| TRELLIS | Framework used in the training of climbers (7) |
| PICCOLO | Small Italian flute (7) |
| PROPORTIONAL | Accomplished gangster accepting fate? It's comparable |
| ANALOGUE | It's comparable |
| FIPPLE | From "horse's lip", name given to the mouthpiece of a flageolet, penny whistle, recorder or related flute (6) |
| GROOVE | A fissure, flute or other furrow; good feeling or fine fettle; a fixed routine; or, a form of funk music (6) |
| FLAUTA | A rolled taco/tortilla, aka a taquito, whose name, from Spanish for "flute", refers to its flageolet-like shape (6) |
| OSCINE | Of the suborder of songbirds with specialised vocal apparatus (6) |
| SLOPES | Ornamental flutes or grooves carved vertically on a Doric frieze in classical architecture; or, typographic representations of characters (6) |
| GLYPHS | Word for carved flutes or grooves in friezes; sculpted marks or symbols; or, small graphic characters/icons (6) |
| BALLAD | "The Hunger Games: The ___ of Songbirds & Snakes" (2023 film) |
| TOOTLE | Soft sound on the flute; or, a casual trip (6) |
| RIMINI | Irish turned up north of little Italian port |
| ORIOLE | Type of songbird |
| FIPPLEFLUTE | An end-blown musical instrument such as the recorder or flageolet (6,5) |
| SNOW | "Pure As the Driven ___" (song featured in "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes") |
| PENNY | A bit, coin, copper or piece whose name pairs with black, bun, dreadful, farthing, pig, royal or whistle to describe a stamp, cep, cheap novel, old ordinary bicycle, money box, mint-scented herb or fl |
| ESPALIER | A framework of posts with wires strained horizontally between them, used for the training of fruit trees (8) |
