| THEMOSTFUN | "I find that it's the most challenging times in life that may be ___" (wise words posted on social media by 12-Across, along with her sonogram) |
| ASOCIAL | Avoiding social m interaction (7) |
| STERNEST | Is at the back, at sea, getting established. It's the most challenging (8) |
| INFIDEL | He doesn't believe in life that may involve Democrat leader (7) |
| ORDEALS | Challenging times |
| ADOPTED | Jai Sharma found out late in life that he'd been ___ by Rishi in Emmerdale (7) |
| RARITY | I tarry and find that it's not so commonly seen |
| SENTENCE | A few words posted in French church (8) |
| YES | "She said ___!!" (words posted with a ring pic) |
| BLACK | Colour of the markers indicating the most challenging ski runs, such as Grand Couloir in Courchevel (5) |
| AMADABLAM | Meaning "mother's necklace" and described by Edmund Hillary as "unclimbable", a Himalayan peak considered one of the most challenging and sought-after ascents (3,6) |
| TILLAGE | Working the land, up to a certain time in life (7) |
| RAGE | Right time in life to be infuriated (4) |
| TENDERAGE | Early time in life |
| TYRANNICAL | "I find that the moment I let myself make friends with a woman, I become selfish and ..." Shaw, Pygm |
| ENTERTAINMENT | The marine is in the tent with ten more? I find that amusing! (13) |
| DEADPAN | Bill and Pamela endlessly in study - in relation to their profile, I find that hard to read (7) |
| SPADE | Dashiell Hammett's detective, Sam ..., comments on the Maltese Falcon that it's the "stuff that dre |
| GREATWALL | Series of fortifications in China, along part of which one of the world's most challenging marathons |
| TWEE | Most of what is posted on social media is precious (4) |
