| MOG | Word for an idle talk or tattle; the chattering pied pie; a halfpenny; a long-tailed titmouse; or, a glossy (3) |
| PACT | From "deed, exploit", word for an idle tale first, later a joke or witticism; a taunt; an object of derision; or, fun (4) |
| RAG | It was a halfpenny a publication (3) |
| GOSSIP | From the Old English meaning "godparent", a word for a close friend or one invited to attend a birth that later came to mean chitchat, idle talk or tittle-tattle (6) |
| TELL | Blab or tattle |
| BLAB | Prattle or tattle |
| TALES | Follower of tall or tattle |
| MAGPIE | Corvid known collectively as a mischief whose name is used to refer to a chatterbox or a hoarder; the outermost-but-one ring on a target; or, slang for a halfpenny (6) |
| BLUECAP | A titmouse; a flame-like folkloric mine fairy; a one-year-old salmon with a spotted head; or, a Balmoral bonnet, hence a Shakespearean or colloquial term for a Scotsman (7) |
| MOUSE | An originally corded device named for its resemblance to a long-tailed rodent; or, with "potato", in imitation of "couch potato", a person who spends excessive amounts of time sat at a computer, using |
| PATTY | Word for a little pie; a flat burger or cake of minced beef or other food; or, a US version of a chocolatecovered peppermint cream (5) |
| OXEYE | A name for a corn marigold, dunlin, great tit or titmouse, marguerite or moon daisy or an oeil-de-boeuf (2-3) |
| PITTA | From the Greek for "cake or pie", a hollow oval "pocket" of flatbread for a filling; or, a colourful tropical bird with species including Elegant, Fairy, Graceful and Rainbow (5) |
| CAUGHT | Grub acquired for a halfpenny at first (6) |
| DARTFORD | A Kent borough linked to a long-tailed warbler (8) |
| GUENON | A long-tailed African monkey of the genus Cercopithecus (6) |
| FAMA | The tittle-tattle of the chattering classes, cf. rumor, ~is |
| GIFTOFTHEGAB | Would you have to go to the chattering classes for this ability to run on effortlessly? (4,2,3,3) |
| STARGAZEY | --- pie, a Cornish pastry dish baked with the heads of the fish protruding through the crust (9) |
| LAZYBONES | Name for an idle person (9) |
