| NIGHTHERON | Water bird near the friend of Harry Potter (5,5) |
| SNIPED | Shot at the bird near the back of the pond (6) |
| THEN | In that case there's a bird near the back of the covert (4) |
| BROOKS | Birds near the head of babbling streams (6) |
| GULLS | Birds near the shore |
| YOURHEALTH | Salute boy ringing bird near Lima |
| DILLYDALLY | The fool, a yard ahead of the friend, could dawdle (5-5) |
| BLINDALLEY | Unable to see the friend framing the Egyptian leader, there's only one way out of it! (5,5) |
| TRAGICALLY | Most unfortunately start to think the smoke is sent back by the friend (10) |
| RATIONALLY | Logically, the friend is after a fixed allowance (10) |
| MEHITABEL | The cat in her ninth life, the friend of Archy, the philosophical cockroach, in the US classic by Don Marquis (9) |
| EARTHQUAKE | Dirt on one of the friends briefly leads to ground-breaking event (10) |
| GAMENIGHTS | Evenings that are ostensibly chill but may end in ruined friendships, depending on if the friend group has any sore losers |
| MARAT | "The Friend of the People" publisher |
| RAND | Mark _ _ _ _ - former chairman of the Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line (4) |
| REMBRANDTS | Band that sang the "Friends" theme song "I'll Be There for You," with "the" |
| NEVILLE | - Longbottom, friend of Harry Potter |
| RON | Red-headed friend of Harry Potter |
| LUNA | ___ Lovegood (friend of Harry Potter) |
| SEAMUS | ___ Finnigan, friend of Harry Potter |
