| EXTERNAL | Old bird a student finds outside |
| TOPICAL | Subject a student finds newsworthy (7) |
| BRUTAL | Some champagne a student finds harsh (6) |
| BANAL | Prohibition a student finds trite (5) |
| COMICAL | Magazine a student finds funny (7) |
| EMOTIONAL | English proposal a student finds moving |
| BRIDAL | Wild bird a student associated with a wedding (6) |
| LEXICON | Student finds old symbol in book (7) |
| LEASE | Student finds relief in getting hold of accommodation (5) |
| USEFUL | New fuse university student finds handy (6) |
| FRESHMAN | US student finds farm hens roaming |
| CALL | A summons with a shout or a name; a cry of a bird; a demand; an inner urge or sense of vocation; a short visit; or, a signal by bell or trumpet (4) |
| PIP | Word for a single blossom; a lily of the valley rhizome; a chirp of a bird; a dot on a domino; or, from the name of an apple grown from seed, a tiny fruitlet or kernel of a Bramley, Cox, grape, strawb |
| PIPE | A note of a bird; a flute, oat or other musical tube, imitative of such a cheep or chirp; or, something thusly cylindrical, such as a clay, duct, hose or a stick for curling a wig (4) |
| WALTER | A person who ambles, rambles or perambulates for leisure or for sport; a colporteur; a forester; a gressorial bird; a stick insect; or, an exerciser/trainer of hounds (6) |
| WALKER | A person who ambles, rambles or perambulates for leisure or for sport; a colporteur; a forester; a gressorial bird; a stick insect; or, an exerciser/trainer of hounds (6) |
| SONG | Musical composition for voices such as an aria, carol, lullaby or sea shanty; melodious vocalisation of a bird; a poem; a fuss; or, a trifle (4) |
| RESIDENT | An inhabitant; a non-migratory animal/bird; a registered hotel guest; or, a US term for a boarder (8) |
| BITTERN | Snapped a bird - a wading bird |
| JAY | A bird, a name, a letter |
