| TECHNICAL | Criminal can't lie to protect child specialist (9) |
| TERMITES | Social workers' brief ultimately failed to protect child (8) |
| DRSPOCK | Noted child specialist (2,5) |
| EQUINE | Horsy sweetheart repeatedly protects child of five (6) |
| IDENTICAL | Papers can't lie? Wrong, just the same (9) |
| TOGA | A slang word, thought to derive from criminals' cant for cloaks or loose coats, for one's capes, cardis, clothes, cords, corsetry, cossies, costumes or other clothy clobber collectively (4) |
| SANCTUM | Problem surrounding criminal, can't retreat |
| CONSOLIDATE | Can't lie about it so do bring it together |
| CENOTAPH | Criminal can't hope for a memorial (8) |
| TRUTHSERUM | People can't lie under it |
| PANOPTICON | Criminal can't poop in all-seeing prison (10) |
| STRANGERS | Americanah: "How easy it was to lie to..." (9) |
| SEAANCHOR | So Arachne spinning something to lie to? (3,6) |
| MISINFORM | Mild heads evil class lie to (9) |
| LITHENESS | Grace described lie to saints (9) |
| LOITERING | Lie to rock band about dalliance (9) |
| DISCREDIT | Give the lie to smear (9) |
| COSTARICA | In a true statement on Would I Lie to You? Sara Pascoe said she visited ____, thinking she was travelling to Spain |
| ROBBRYDON | Host of Would I Lie To You? (3,6) |
| PANELSHOW | Program like Would I Lie to You? or Match Game |