| GUMMIDGE | Wurzel - title of a children's series from 1979-81 (8) |
| HEART | Word before Of The Matter gives the title of a BBC debate series from 1979-2000 (5) |
| SWEEP | One of the glove-puppet characters in a children's series created by Harry Corbett (5) |
| THOMAS | Tank engine in a children's series |
| SOO | Panda puppet in a children's series created by Harry Corbett (3) |
| CHENOPOD | From the Greek for "goose foot", a plant in the family that includes amaranth, beetroot, mangel-wurzel, quinoa, spinach and sugar beet (8) |
| TOMTHUMB | Diminutive son of a ploughman, hero of a children's story (3,5) |
| PRIOR | James ___, Secretary of State for Employment from 1979-81 (5) |
| IVOR | - The Engine, title of a children's animated series which first screened in 1959 (4) |
| LIVE | Word after Going gives the title of a children's magazine show from 1987-93 (4) |
| DORA | Name followed by The Explorer gives the title of a children's animated series (4) |
| BLONDIE | Group with four #1 songs from 1979-81 |
| AGONY | ITV sitcom starring Maureen Lipman and Simon Williams that ran from 1979-81 (5) |
| WATT | Jim ?, Scottish fighter; WBC Lightweight champion from 1979-81 (4) |
| AUNT | Sally - the Worzel Gummidge character played by Una Stubbs from 1979-81 (4) |
| BRILLIANT | Word followed by Creatures gives the title of a children's wildlife show originally presented by Terry Nutkins (9) |
| DORATHE | Words which when followed by Explorer gives me title of a children's cartoon (4,3) |
| FLOWERPOT | Words placed between The and Men give the title of a children's show broadcast in the 1950s (6,3) |
| BEET | Any herbaceous Eurasian plant of the genus that includes mangle-wurzel (or mangold) (4) |
| CHARD | Vegetable that's the same species as the mangel-wurzel and the beet |
