| SONINLAW | "This mania of the mothers of the period, to be constantly in pursuit of a ____" (Stendhal) |
| EGO | I could be obsessed by this mania (3) |
| NOIR | "Le Rouge et le ___": Stendhal |
| OBSESSION | Mania of former pupil on drinking spree (9) |
| CRAZE | Mania of notorious gangland brothers reported (5) |
| LIVEINTHEPAST | To be constantly taking a walk down memory lane is to have a background in 19th century history perhaps (4,2,3,4) |
| ONTHEGO | One Goth turns out to be constantly busy (2,3,2) |
| NAGNAG | "Stop! I don't need to be constantly reminded!" |
| YEARNED | Longed for the period to come to an end, unhappily (7) |
| ADVENTURER | Word, from the Latin for "a thing about to arrive", for a dare-devil or opportunist in pursuit of a wild exciting enterprise, such as circumnavigating the globe or performing a skydive (10) |
| BRINKMANSHIP | Act of going to the very edge of war, in pursuit of a policy (12) |
| ZAPPA | Father of the Mothers of Invention |
| GALWAYBAY | Almost constantly in this island with a yen to see the sun go down here? (6,3) |
| JOAN | Forename of the mother of Richard II by her third husband Edward the Black Prince who was known as the Fair Maid of Kent (4) |
| BORNLOSER | A patch of grass and a drunkard, suggested Spooner, looking for a man who had been constantly unsuccessful (4,5) |
| CLASSIC | Judged over a long period to be of high quality (7) |
| ANDREA | First name of the mother of Toadie Rebecchi's son Hugo Somers in Neighbours (6) |
| MOON | What was the maiden name of the mother of lunar astronaut Buzz Aldrin? (4) |
| SILVESTROV | Ukrainian composer worked hard, mostly in pursuit of a lot of money? (10) |
| DEBATETEAMS | Groups of competitive persuaders who may have names like "In Pursuit of a Dispute" and "Peaceful Arguments" |
