| KOOK | (Scottish) Fool or simpleton (4) |
| NODDY | Dunce or simpleton |
| HUNTEGOWK | (Scottish) Fool's errand, especially on April 1st (9) |
| WISEACRE | A wise guy or simpleton quite unaware of being such (8) |
| NINCOMPOOPS | Fools or simpletons |
| FLUB | Flannelled fool or boob? (4) |
| DUPE | Fool or hoax (4) |
| DOPE | Word that can mean either "fool" or "drugs" |
| CARD | The Fool or The Hanged Man in a tarot deck |
| MATE | Partner? One may be a fool's or a scholar's |
| MESSABOUT | Informal term meaning dilly-dally, footle, potter or tinker, like Ratty in boats, say; to meddle or interfere; to caper, gambol, skylark or play the fool; or, to carry on, philander, romp or generally |
| PATCH | A plot for cabbages, roses or vegetables; a faux beauty spot; a cloth badge; a fool or jester; or, a piece of fabric for mending or quilting (5) |
| SAP | Name given to the vital juice of plants; energy or vigour; a fool or gull; or, from "dig a tunnel" or "undermine", a word for "drain, exhaust, weaken" (3) |
| GOOSE | A gander's gaggling female mate that is associated with a green berry used to make the pudding fool; an anserine individual who acts the fool; or, a prod or poke in the buttocks, like the surprise nip |
| COXCOMB | A court fool or jester's cap, named for its shape and colour, like a rooster's red crest; or, a dandy, fop or popinjay, who is conceited, foolish and vain (7) |
| WALLY | Dialect for a pickled cucumber or gherkin; a mild insult meaning "fool"; or, a bespectacled figure wearing a red-and-white stripy jumper, hidden in a series of picture puzzles (5) |
| ASS | Silly fool or beast of burden (3) |
| ASSORTED | Mixed up fool or Lawrence died (8) |
| AMUSING | A fault in a fool or comic (7) |
| NITWIT | One fool (or two overlapping?) (6) |
