| BEGET | Be the father of |
| SIRE | Be the father of |
| PRO | Nickname of the Australian artist considered to be the father of the Outback painting movement, ... |
| BEDE | Generally held to be the father of English history was the Benedictine monk, the Venerable ... |
| AEGEUS | Athenian king in Greek mythology usually said to be the father of the hero Theseus (6) |
| RISHI | Emmerdale man who has falsely claimed to be the father of baby Archie (5,6) |
| DANIEL | __ Robinson might be the father of Amber Turner's unborn baby in Neighbours (6) |
| TURING | Alan _, 20th-century mathematician considered to be the father of theoretical computer science (6) |
| LIAM | HE PROVED NOT TO BE THE FATHER OF STEFFY'S BABY (B&B) |
| DEXTER | Hollyoaks' Joel _, unaware he may not be the father of his wife Leela's new baby (6) |
| CHURCHWEDDING | Could be the means to a marriage of convenience for those joining union in the presence of the Father of the Chapel (6,7) |
| JACOB | In the Old Testament, the son of Isaac who was the father of the 12 patriarchs of Israel (5) |
| MEANEY | Who played the father of the family in The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van? (6) |
| BYRON | Lord -; title of the poet whose works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan, the father of Ada Lovelace, he died from malaria at the age of 36 (5) |
| BABBAGE | Considered the "father of the computer", inventor of the difference engine who worked with Ada Lovelace on the later analytical engine (7) |
| ABRAHAM | The father of Isaac and founder of the Hebrew people in the Old Testament (7) |
| LAERTES | Named after the father of Odysseus, the son of Polonius and brother of Ophelia in Hamlet (7) |
| PEPIN | The Short was the father of Charlemagne and founder of the Carolingian dynasty (5) |
| ENNIUS | Quintus -; considered the father of Roman poetry, the author of the epic poem originally in 15 books Annales (6) |
| RIELHOUSE | Winnipeg attraction commemorating the life of the Father of Mani- toba, ___ ___ national historic Site of Canada |
