| ISTEP | "The old home town looks the same; As ... down from the train; And there to meet me is my mama and p |
| ASI | "The old home town looks the same; ... step down from the train; And there to meet me is my mama and |
| DEADRINGER | Tintinnabulist who is late, one looks the same as someone else (4,6) |
| HALEYBENNETT | Star of the films The Girl On The Train and The Devil All The Time (5,7) |
| ICEHOGFAMILY | Papa, Mama and twins Noumi and Nouma aka The ___ ___ ___ (Mascots of Winterlude, the frigid fun fest of Canada's Capital Region) |
| STRIKE | Kit's to meet the queen and there's to be a stoppage (6) |
| MANNA | Report from the old house is that the food is heavenly (5) |
| BLUNT | Actress who starred in films including The Young Victoria, The Girl on the Train and Mary Poppins Returns (5) |
| DEMON | Don is to meet me and he's so wicked! |
| EMILY | The Girl on the Train and Into the Woods star, ___ Blunt (pictured) (5) |
| SKATEBOARDING | Ray going on to the train and thus causing menace to pedestrians? (13) |
| OCEANCOLOURSCENE | English rock band whose Top 10 hit singles include The Day We Caught the Train and Hundred Mile High City (5,6,5) |
| EILISH | op star who was the train and bus line announcer for fans travelling to her concert in Krakow in June (6. 6) |
| EYEING | Contemplating, for example, holding on to the old home (6) |
| EXTREME | Severe old partner with time about to meet me (7) |
| GAP | Thing to mind between the train and platform |
| BENNETT | Haley _, actor whose films include The Girl on the Train and Hillbilly Elegy (7) |
| CASS | Elliot of The Mama & The Papas group |
| PAPA | One of the Three Bears, along with Mama and Baby |
| SPRINKLES | Disperses here and there to sidestep a skating enclosure with Achilles heel |
