Birds, beasts and relatives



Note For the purposes of this quiz, fish do not count as beasts.

  1. Sob in distress (5) Show Answer
  2. Misguided love (4) Show Answer
  3. Stretch one’s neck (5) Show Answer
  4. Paddington on a bad day? (7,4) Show Answer
  5. ‘I went heavily, as one that mourneth for his ____’ (Psalm 35, BCP)(6) Show Answer
  6. Might be little, long-eared, snowy . . . (3) Show Answer
  7. . . . or type of bird (9) Show Answer
  8. Lightweight (5) Show Answer
  9. ‘Commanding officer’ (American) in a European language (6-6) Show Answer
  10. Treads underfoot (7) Show Answer
  11. Nelly? (8) Show Answer
  12. Quiet part of flower (7) Show Answer
  13. Fantastic tuna – fantastic! (5-4) Show Answer
  14. ‘The Beginning of Summer’ is related (6) Show Answer
  15. STAMATUTE (6-2-3) Show Answer
  16. Architect (4) Show Answer
  17. Maltese? (6) Show Answer
  18. Fatherly pawnbroker (8,5) Show Answer
  19. Such words are deceptive (6) Show Answer
  20. Encourage man in religious order (6-7) Show Answer
  21. Plaything on a string (4) Show Answer
  22. Not so cold, but without aspiration (5) Show Answer
  23. Take in, or be taken in by (7) Show Answer
  24. SIS (4-6) Show Answer
  25. Katharina? (5) Show Answer
  26. Old French measure on hill (8) Show Answer
  27. Head of bank going for a walk (9) Show Answer
  28. Punish favourite (7) Show Answer
  29. 10-0, it’s said, in return match (6) Show Answer
  30. Listen to a description, and you’ll find the answer there (4) Show Answer
  31. Rummage (6) Show Answer
  32. Poor crop raised in east (9) Show Answer
  33. Lion, say, on perch? (7) Show Answer
  34. Disorganised choir so near, but article not written (10) Show Answer
  35. Undoing nothing, a puzzle (9) Show Answer
  36. The best are out of alignment (10) Show Answer
  37. Meddle with type of wrench? (6) Show Answer
  38. An ungulate? Partly, if one looks back (3) Show Answer
  39. Benefit for a graduate (6) Show Answer
  40. Drama produced, not well, but with love (9) Show Answer
  41. Tool not used by women? (8) Show Answer
  42. My French bird (8) Show Answer
  43. Put another way, it’s roamed dry (9) Show Answer
  44. Opening constructed without a single note (6) Show Answer
  45. That’s big! (7) Show Answer
  46. Dissolute vice leads to start of trouble (5) Show Answer
  47. City where Joshua was defeated (2) Show Answer
  48. Schoolchildren out for a walk (9) Show Answer
  49. Nuts or bananas (6) Show Answer
  50. ‘It was the ____, and not the lark’ (Romeo and Juliet) (11)Show Answer