| Tchaikovsky ballet characters | 29 |
| Tchaikovsky ballet birds | 24 |
| Spenser's bird "of goodly hue" | 44 |
| Sights in Kensington Gardens | 28 |
| Seventh-day Christmas gift | 26 |
| Producers of cygnets | 20 |
| Pens, possibly | 14 |
| Pens, perhaps | 13 |
| Long-necked swimmers | 20 |
| Large waterfowl | 15 |
| Group of "nine-and-fifty" in a Yeats poem | 51 |
| Graceful trumpeters | 19 |
| Graceful swimmers | 17 |
| Graceful pond dwellers | 22 |
| Graceful creatures | 18 |
| Goose cousins | 13 |
| Gift on the seventh day | 23 |
| Final songs | 11 |
| Exemplars of grace | 18 |
| Epitomes of grace | 17 |
| Elegant swimmers | 16 |
| Ducks' kin | 14 |
| Cygnets' parents | 20 |
| Curvy-necked creatures | 22 |
| Cobs and pens | 13 |
| Birds that are rarely black | 27 |
| Adult ugly ducklings | 20 |
| A bevy of ______ | 16 |
| "Trumpeter" birds | 27 |
| "Every man thinks his own geese ___" | 46 |
| Welsh port | 10 |
| Dylan Thomas's birthplace | 29 |
| Dylan Thomas's birthplace, in Wales | 39 |
| TV dinner pioneer | 17 |
| TV dinner name | 14 |
| Silent-screen superstar | 23 |
| Pawnee director of parks and recreation Ron | 43 |
| Holden's "Sunset Boulevard" co-star | 49 |
| Big name in TV dinners | 22 |
| Farewell performance | 20 |
| Bittersweet performance | 23 |
| Farewell appearance | 19 |
| Performance by a fat lady? | 26 |
| Last performance | 16 |
| Last gasp | 9 |
| Final performance | 17 |
| Final effort | 12 |
| Farewell act | 12 |
| Concluding appearance | 21 |
| Bittersweet farewell | 20 |
| Antithesis of a debut | 21 |
| Valedictories | 13 |
| Last hurrahs | 12 |
| Final performances | 18 |
| Farewell works | 14 |
| Premium-class TV dinner brand (from a fictional boss and an actor)? | 67 |
| Annual Thames bird expedition | 29 |
| Quid pro quo | 12 |
| Make a trade | 12 |
| This-for-that arrangement | 25 |
| Give this for that | 18 |
| Pull a switch | 13 |
| Kind of meet | 12 |
| Bandy | 5 |
| Tit for tat? | 12 |
| Switch out | 10 |
| Pull the switch? | 16 |
| Interchange | 11 |
| Equal exchange | 14 |
| Cash-free transaction | 21 |
| Bartering result | 16 |
| Trade baseball cards | 20 |
| This for that | 13 |
| Take this for that | 18 |
| Quid pro quo equivalent | 23 |
| One-for-one transaction | 23 |
| One-for-one deal | 16 |
| Meet transaction | 16 |
| It's a deal | 15 |
| Horse-trade | 11 |
| Horse trade | 11 |
| Give/take | 9 |
| Even trade | 10 |
| "Get a clue!" | 23 |
| Type of meet | 12 |
| Trade off | 9 |
| Tit for tat ... or tat for tit | 30 |
| This-for-that transaction | 25 |
| Tax-free transaction, usually | 29 |
| Take turns telling, as stories | 30 |
| Something to haggle over | 24 |
| Quid-pro-quo deal | 17 |
| Quid pro quo deal | 17 |
| Mistake at the hospital? | 24 |
| Meet starter | 12 |
| Meet deal | 9 |
| Meet activity | 13 |
| Kind of meet or shop | 20 |
| It may be an even one | 21 |
| Fantasy football maneuver | 25 |