Possible Clues:

• Croaking flier
• ''The ___'' (Poe poem)
• "Nevermore" bird of poetry
• Mail carrier in 'Game of Thrones'
• Bird that often symbolizes death
• 'Says it's never more goin' mad, by the sound of it (5)'
• Bird of prey
• Survivors' writer quoth nevermore
• Ray Lewis, for one
• Baseball : Oriole :: football : ___