NO EGRETS
The peregrine this can really hit the gas going for prey, hitting 200-plus mph
a falcon
An argumentative dispute (7 letters)
quarrel
Solo piano works by this man include 1846's Opus 60 "Barcarolle" & 17 Polish songs
(Frédéric) Chopin
Ed Sheeran won 2015 Song of the Year & Best Solo Pop Performance Grammys for this ruminative tune
"Thinking Out Loud"
The Mayans were using this by the 4th century; the concept of that number didn't make it to Europe until the 1200s or so
zero
This bird can beat its wings 70 times per second, but when it slows down, its body temperature can drop 50 degrees below its normal 104
a hummingbird
To haggle over a small detail (7 letters)
quibble
"Die Zauberflöte" in German, this Mozart opera premiered in 1791, just months before the composer's death
The Magic Flute
In a 2018 Top 10 tune by The Weeknd, this request to a lover precedes "my name"
call out
An ancient Hindu text calculates the square root of this integer as 1.4142156, which is correct to 5 decimal places
2
This alliterative bird numbered between 3 & 5 billion in eastern North America in 1500 but was extinct by 1914
passenger pigeon
Scandinavian traitor (8 letters)
Quisling
Compositions by Bach include "Toccata &" this "in D minor" as well as " The Art of the" this
Fugue
In 2004 indie rockers Franz Ferdinand declared, "You say you dont know; I say" this title
"Take Me Out"
Their numerals weren't handy for arithmetic, so ancient Romans did most of their calculating on this device
an abacus
The brown type of this is Louisiana's state bird
pelican
Not "Jeopardy!"-like, but puzzled (9 letters)
quizzical
Handle's 5-movement orchestral suite, "Music for the Royal" these, premiered in 1749 & naturally preceded a display
Fireworks
Bruno Mars sang, "You make me feel like I've been" this title "for too long"
"Locked Out Of Heaven"
The Babylonians used base 60, which could be counted on 5 fingers of one hand & the 12 these on 4 fingers of the other
The "P" is silent in the white-tailed this bird, but in courtship, a male's call is not; also, the red combs swell over its eyes
ptarmigan
Term for a 40-to-49 year old (14 letters)
quadragenarian
One of Gabriel Faure's most famous pieces is his pavane, a centuries-old dance that gets its name from this Italian "P" city
Padua
"We can" do this "and get it straight or say goodnight", sang the Beatles in a 1966 No. 1 hit
"We Can Work It Out"
Some think Ancient Egyptians represented fractions using symbols from the eye of this falcon god
Horus