| SPIKEMILLIGAN | Author of Silly Verse for Kids (5,8) |
| DOGGEREL | Silly verse about pet animals? (8) |
| NURSERYRHYMES | Verse for children (7,6) |
| EGGONONESFACE | Condition of silly-looking root for a southern aspect (3,2,4,4) |
| STRING | Word for a filing cord, hypothetical thread of matter, rope of pearls, strip of "silly" aerosol foam, tough fibre of a French bean, twanging wire of catgut or other line, filament, strand or twine (6) |
| OGDEN | - Nash, US poet remembered for his silly verses (5) |
| POET | Browning of pages of verse, for example |
| CHARM | Word, from Latin's carmen "song, verse", for an amulet, little trinket, magical spell or sprig of shepherd's-purse, said to bring luck or ward off a curse; one's attracting fascinating power of allure |
| ADONIC | Can I do rewrite of verse for Pretty Boy? (6) |
| NOVEMBER | Recollect having no verse for leading rock band for thirty days |
| SEVERUS | Imperial composer of verse for the Americans |
| ADOPTEE | Notice poet composed last of the verse for family member (7) |
| CATHODE | Something attractive: verse for just three of six wives? (7) |
| POE | Writer of verse, for the most part? (3) |
| CLEESE | John of the Ministry of Silly Walks |
| SCINTILLA | Hint of silly antics full of evil (9) |
| GRANDEUR | Loftiness of silly undergrad Oxford finally got rid of (8) |
| SAGE | Start of silly season for Rishi? (4) |
| HOTSHOTS | Double dose of silly tosh for virtuosi (8) |
| SENDUP | Make fun of silly dupes around the first of November (6) |
