| RUBELBOWS | Be in the same social network as wits who burble inanely (3,6,4) |
| WITH | Be in the same social network as wits who burble inanely (3,6,4) |
| CASTE | Cate has a son in the same social division (5) |
| INSTA | This month start to activate social network, as the kids say (5) |
| KEEN | Sharp, as wits |
| DOROTHYPARKER | Wit who asked "Where's the man could ease a heart like a satin gown?" (7,6) |
| SENSEOFHUMOUR | Some sour "fun" he misrepresented as wit (5,2,6) |
| SWEETNOTHINGS | Amorous burble |
| UNDERSTANDING | Inanely grinned at nudes losing sweetheart's sympathy (13) |
| PEER | One who belongs to the same social group as another |
| UNNECESSARILY | Lunatic inanely curses for nothing (13) |
| PEERGROUP | Contemporaries of the same social status (4,5) |
| IBID | I proposed to be in the same place as before (4) |
| ACTTOGETHER | Be in the same cast and work in harmony (3,8) |
| COMPEERS | Those of the same social circle (8) |
| REMAIN | Continue to be in the same condition (6) |
| OSCAR | Forename of a dramatist, novelist, poet and wit who also wrote short stories including The Fisherman and His Soul, The Happy Prince, The Selfish Giant and The Star-Child (5) |
| TWAIN | Wit who wrote "When in doubt, tell the truth" |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish writer and wit who wrote the play The Importance Of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| SAHL | Wit who recorded the classic 1960 comedy album "At the Hungry I" |
