| APEMAN | Call father back - he could be the missing link! (6) |
| PILTDOWN | ___ Man, hoax skull once thought to be the missing link between apes and humans (8) |
| NSFW | Abbreviation that indicates "Wait till you get home to click this link!" |
| PEG | Margaret may respond to this link! |
| RICKROLLS | Texts someone {@ bit.ly/29-across|https://www.bit.ly/29-across @} (go on, open the link!) |
| KILROY | One left in York on the way back - he was here, apparently (6) |
| YAHWEH | Looking back, he finds Adam first inside saying how come it's for God! (6) |
| CLOTHE | Cover Alec's back, he is pinching fortune (6) |
| ICARUS | Tenor having scratched rear behind Toscanini's back - he foolishly went too far! (6) |
| BEHIND | Following back, he goes in to complain (6) |
| VERIFY | Confirm to Father Back if it's the end of Christianity (6) |
| APPALS | Hit the father back, which horrifies one (6) |
| CANUTE | Crazy person in middle of beach, "Back," he said |
| EVERTS | Every time a saint goes back he turns outwards |
| YELLER | Line up on left coming back, he cries |
| PAYTON | One of the NFL's greatest running backs, he was known as "Sweetness" |
| VERSOS | Flip a coin to bring father back to join urgent appeal for help (6) |
| GADGET | Horse carries father back to alien with quirky machine (6) |
| EVADES | Second person ringing father back for skinhead escapes (6) |
| OVERDO | It is excessive to duck father back at party (6) |