ACROSS
1 Implausible (3-7)
7 Confrere (anag) (8)
8 Wading bird (4)
9 Lacking colour (5)
10 Group of organisms (7)
12 Long-legged feathered creature (9,4)
15 Falcon (7)
17 Diving bird (5)
20 Songbird (4)
21 Former Soviet leader (8)
22 Fatherly (10)
DOWN
1 Songbird (5)
2 Cockerel (7)
3 Everyone (4)
4 Carrion-eating bird (8)
5 White heron (5)
6 Diving bird (6)
11 Cheapest accommodation (8)
13 Nightjar (dialect) (6)
14 Nocturnal bird (4,3)
16 Chicken _____ masala (5)
18 Large tropical seabird (5)
19 Yemen port (4)
Tuesday’s solution
Across: 8 See, 9 Roughcast, 10 Ethos, 11 Oilskin, 12 Disaster, 14 Lots, 15 Sank, 16 Affected, 20 Elevate, 21 Giddy, 23 Hamstrung, 24 Fee.
Down: 1 Ascend, 2 Beth, 3 Crisis, 4 Put one’s feet up, 5 Chill, 6 Backs out, 7 Stands, 13 Sunbeams, 15 Seethe, 17 Engage, 18 Dryden, 19 Party, 22 Daft.