| THEROADTO | On which Kipling wrote sadly to mother an' dad; a poem followed (3,4,2,8) |
| JUSTSOSTORIES | In which Kipling explains why the leopard has spots |
| MAPS | Plans to give mother an additional item |
| KIMONO | A book Kipling wrote on love - it's popular in Japan (6) |
| STANZA | Something Kipling wrote to some extent describes Tanzania |
| MUMPS | Complaint that gives mother an afterthought (5) |
| SKIM | Glance through what Kipling wrote after final words (4) |
| SHE | The lady Kipling wrote about ... |
| MOWGLI | Cut heart of English character Kipling wrote about |
| ODE | Kipling wrote one about dogs |
| JUSTSO | Kipling wrote such stories about jousts |
| RUDYARD | ___ Kipling wrote "The Jungle Book" (7) |
| GOOSE | A gander's female counterpart with a fabled auric egg-laying example killed by its greedy owner; or, with "Mother", an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tales and nursery rhymes (5) |
| MATURE | Synonym for "become ripe" formed by a nickname for a mother + an anagram of "true" |
| TONEDEAF | One fated sadly to be unable to appreciate music (4-4) |
| GOITALONE | Too genial, sadly, to act without help (2,2,5) |
| ROOTED | Too red, sadly, to be fixed (6) |
| ADPATRES | Adult departs sadly to be with fathers |
| LINDBERGH | I must leave girl behind sadly to become a high flyer |
| POLYPROPYLENE | People pry only, sadly, to find artificial material |
