| COCKATOO | Prepare to fire at two ducks or another bird |
| GENTOO | Fellow with two ducks or a penguin (6) |
| PARROT | Character holding rook and duck - or another bird (6) |
| GOOSANDER | Duck or another bird also went in river (9) |
| COCK | Prepare to fire at bird (4) |
| COCKATOOS | Australian fliers prepare to fire at fowl with wings clipped (9) |
| COCKTAIL | Prepare to fire at dog, making snowball? |
| COCKATIEL | ... and prepare to fire at lie spread by parrot (9) |
| BLAZEATRAIL | Show the way to fire at bird (5,1,5) |
| LINNET | Tail of gull caught, apparently -- or another bird (6) |
| THRUSH | In this way, husband is capturing rook or another bird (6) |
| PIGEON | And may be easily duped by a gull, or another bird (6) |
| ROOF | Gull or another bird (4) |
| DRAKE | Dunnock, robin, albatross, kestrel, emu initially or another bird (5) |
| EYRIE | A large nest of an eagle or another bird of prey (5) |
| SHEARWATER | Wheatears bothering redstart or another bird (10) |
| MERLIN | Some yellowhammer, linnet or another bird (6) |
| TEAM | Meaning "childbearing", a word originally for a brood or litter, later a set of draught animals working in a harness together; a flight of ducks or geese; or, a squad of athletes (4) |
| FAIRER | To fire at the sun-god you need to be less "one-eyed" (6) |
| RANDOM | One is free to fire at it |
