| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DOVES | Birds | |
| EGRETS | Birds | |
| STARLINGS | Birds | |
| CANARIES | Cage birds | |
| PLOVERS | Lapwing birds | |
| CLOACAS | Birds butthole | |
| GEESE | Long-necked birds | |
| FINCHES | Tiny birds | |
| SPARROWS | Tiny birds | |
| ROOSTERS | Male birds | |
| KINGFISHERS | Fishing birds | |
| EMUS | Extinct birds | |
| ROOKS | Swindles birds | |
| FLAMINGOS | Wading birds | |
| IBISES | Wetlands birds | |
| BAMOWLS | Nocturnal birds | |
| WHIPPOORWILLS | Nocturnal birds | |
| CHICKENS | Farmyard birds | |
| DODOES | Extinct birds | |
| ROOFS | High-nesting birds | |
| BARNOWLS | Nocturnal birds | |
| LOUDOWLS | Nocturnal birds | |
| PEACOCKS | Vain birds | |
| CURLEW | Curved-bill birds | |
| COMBS | Birds' crests | |