| GOLDCREST | Little bird's notes enthralling elderly - and others |
| TWEE | Apart from the ending, bird's note is cutesy (4) |
| DAYCENTRE | Elderly and disabled home for a while at noon (3,6) |
| OLDASDIRT | Beyond elderly and a soil expert? |
| NESTLINGS | Little birds caught using slings and net (9) |
| DABCHICKS | Birds smear little birds (9) |
| SCOTCHEGG | Known to Dutch and Flemish-speaking Belgians as vogelnestje, or "little bird's nest", a snack with an outer layer of sausage meat, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried (6,3) |
| TUNNICLIFFE | Wildlife illustrator who was a major contributor to the RSPB magazine Bird Notes and provided artwork for Henry Williamson's books including Tarka the Otter (11) |
| BEE | First bird notes insect (3) |
| MARTINCASH | Bird notes bushranger (6,4) |
| WAGED | Started work with the elderly and got paid for it (5) |
| ENGAGED | English, elderly and reserved (7) |
| SENILE | Elderly and failing mentally |
| OLD | Elderly and then some |
| OLDMAID | She's elderly and unmarried, but still game! |
| CUCKOLD | Chef, we hear, is elderly, and injured husband (7) |
| ISOLATED | One's had dinner among elderly and lonely (8) |
| DECREPIT | Elderly and infirm agent wearing wrong ID, etc. (8) |
| FILE | Hand-out for the elderly and confused at end of queue (4) |
| DOLDRUMS | Democrat, elderly and strange, originally suffering from low spirits (8) |
