| WALKINGSTICK | A learner king and saint in town to help the lame (7,5) |
| ASSIST | Help the lame-brain at first (6) |
| HEAVEN | Empyrean abode of angels, God and saints in Christianity; or, usually in plural, a poetic word for the sky in which the moon, planets, stars and sun appear or move (6) |
| LOUISIANA | US state represented by the Pelicans in the NBA, and Saints in the NFL (9) |
| LOLLIPOPLADY | Sucker with position over department is expected to help the younger ones going on the road (8,4) |
| SOCIALWORKER | One employed to help the vulnerable (6,6) |
| WARONPOVERTY | L.B.J. campaign to help the poor |
| STOP | "Enough with the lame puns already!" (and, when parsed as three words, a hint to the theme answers) |
| AIRDRIE | Almost cured in town to the east of Glasgow |
| APOSTLE | Christian missionary and saint in a bar (7) |
| BIRD | Walk in town to bone up on direct current period (4) |
| EDWIN | Seventh-century Northumbrian king and saint; given name meaning "rich friend" |
| ROWAN | Weird anoraks in town to see amusing actor (5,8) |
| ATKINSON | Weird anoraks in town to see amusing actor (5,8) |
| FEEBLE | For the lame, the charge will be about a pound (6) |
| AMBLE | Note the lame shuffle out to have a walk (5) |
| SHEREKHAN | Villainous tiger in Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book nicknamed Lungri ('the lame one') (5,4) |
| OBTAINS | Gets old boy and saint in trouble (7) |
| OLAF | Norwegian king and saint |
| OLAV | Norwegian king and saint |
