| GONEWRONG | Animated film about a socially awkward kid and his malfunctioning robot (3'1,4,5) |
| RONS | Animated film about a socially awkward kid and his malfunctioning robot (3'1,4,5) |
| TULLE | Tell about a socially acceptable material (5) |
| OPIES | Mayberry kid and his namesakes |
| ERROR | What a malfunctioning robot might say |
| ATEASE | Initially awkward kid in relaxed position |
| ROBERTREDFORD | Actor and director whose films include Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The Sting (6,7) |
| ELISABETHSHUE | She played Ali Mills in The Karate Kid and on Netflix's Cobra Kai |
| STEPDAUGHTERS | Some acquired kids and oxen, paid anything to be involved (13) |
| GHETTO | A densely populated slum area of a city inhabited by a socially and economically deprived minority (6) |
| GLUE | Art supply eaten as a kid and sniffed as a teenager |
| CABCALLOWAY | Songwriter and bandleader who appeared in the films The Cincinnati Kid and The Blues Brothers (3,8) |
| RIB | Kid and where one might sleep without a cover (3) |
| APOGEAN | A socially unacceptable former colleague of Shane MacGowan hitting a new high? (7) |
| BEHAVE | Mind your manners and act in a socially acceptable manner |
| NERD | One seen as boring, studious, socially awkward and introverted (6) |
| GAUCHE | A posh companion in time ignoring amateur? That's socially awkward (6) |
| UNKIND | Cruel to a kid and a nun? (6) |
| GRANDEDAME | A socially important and dignified lady (6,4) |
| INSIDEVOICE | Parent's admonition to a loud kid, and an alternate title for this puzzle |
