| Drilling bird |
The Telegraph Quick |
28 Feb 2025 |
| Bird would, so to speak, eat sparingly and hesitantly (10) |
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| Flier in court beginning to display bottle (10) |
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| A climbing bird, typically with brightly-coloured plumage and a strong chisel-like bill, with which it bores into trees (10) |
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| Bird seen out with boring Bill? (10) |
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| Climbing bird of the family Picidae (10) |
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| He hopes to find insects on tap |
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| Crooked cop worked to import drug for drummer? |
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| Bird westerners originally precooked, unexpectedly |
The Times Cryptic |
03 Jul 2023 |
| Bird with a chisel-like bill for boring into a tree to find insects |
The Guardian Quick |
29 May 2023 |
| Strong-billed bird |
The Telegraph Quick |
26 May 2023 |
| Loud bird |
USA Today |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Sharp-beaked bird that strikes trees |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Boring bird? |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
14 Mar 2020 |
| Club member getting birdie? |
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| Powder, coke, rocks? It comes with a large bill! |
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| Bird wife precooked, for a change |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
10 Jul 2018 |
| Wife serving up pre-cooked bird |
The Guardian Quiptic |
08 Jan 2018 |
| Wife serving up pre-cooked bird |
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| Bird, one kissing the driver? |
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| Rolling Stones member, one kissing the drummer? |
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| Sapsucker cousin |
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| Woody, e.g. |
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| Elder, say, one kissing bird |
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| Woody, e.g. |
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| Noisy tree climber |
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| See 17 Across |
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| Boring thing to hear? |
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| Bird |
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| Noisy bird |
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| Flicker. |
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