| NURSERIES | Can day-centres or creches be regarded as hothouses? (9) |
| JEDI | French day centre's abandoned by Order of the Republic? |
| CRIB | Word for a wickerwork basket; a manger for fodder; an ox-stall; a cabin or a hovel; a child's bed or a baby's cot; or, a Nativity display or creche with a manger as a bed (4) |
| NURSERY | Preschool or creche; or, a place where plants are grown for sale (7) |
| PARCEL | Portion of land; or, one of the words for a group of penguins other than a waddle, huddle or creche (6) |
| ALLOWABLE | The whole lot can be regarded as a debt, apparently (9) |
| CONSONANT | I can't be regarded as one agreeing |
| SPECTACLE | Wonder what may be regarded as ridiculous |
| POORTASTE | Jokes about insipid food would be regarded as such by a hostess (4,5) |
| ODDNUMBER | Could it be regarded as a strange statistic? (3,6) |
| DEALLENDE | Springboks centre or wing, Damian ..... (2,7) |
| POOLTABLE | Furniture for swim centre or snooker room (4,5) |
| GREENS | Vegetables such as spinach or kale; village centres; or, the colours of holly leaves, pine needles, clementine leaves, elves hats and some tweeds/tartans (6) |
| HOLLY | Red-berried shrub in the genus Ilex, traditionally used for Christmas wreaths or to decorate mantelpieces, table centres or candlesticks (5) |
| NEXUSES | Centres or connections |
| MARTS | Trade centres or auction rooms (5) |
| PINT | Beer or, at the day centre, milk |
| QUANTUMMECHANICS | In which particles can be regarded as waves |
| RESPECTABLE | With approval, can be regarded as above board (11) |
| TIN | Can be regarded as a metal (3) |
