| JIMANDERSON | Dad of Betty, Bud, and Kathy |
| THEANDERSONS | Jim, Margaret, Betty, Bud and Kathy |
| MOM | Margaret, to Betty, Bud and Kathy, on old TV |
| ABBOTTANDCOSTELLO | Bud and Lou, stars of Buck Privates and Lost in a Harem (6,3,8) |
| SPRING | A fountainhead; the rise of the sea to its extreme height; or, a beginning, birth, dawn or freshest time, hence the vernal season of growth, when buds and plants bloom and burst forth (6) |
| APRIL | Thought to be from "to open", in allusion to the opening of buds and blossoms in spring, name of the fourth month and one whose "showers may bring flowers", according to folklore (5) |
| ARTE | Johnson of "Bud and Lou" (1978) |
| INLAWS | 'and the sort of relatives that Phil and Kathy are to his character's husband (2-4) |
| FLAP | One of The Commotions turns up with Bud and loud music (4) |
| SPROUT | Bud and by first half of spring will be blooming (6) |
| BULLFINCH | Known collectively as a bellowing, a colourful garden bird fond of pear, apple and gooseberry buds and blossom (9) |
| ASH | Tree related to lilac and olive with distinctive "sooty" buds and seeds resembling bunches of keys; or, the traditional name for the Old English letter or ligature AE or ae (3) |
| PEGGYBUNDY | Bud and Kelly's mom |
| BEERS | Bud and Miller |
| HACKETT | Costello portrayer in the 1978 film "Bud and Lou" |
| BOTANISTS | Apt jobs for Bud and Herb? |
| BURUNDI | Bud and I run over land (7) |
| BEDAUB | The way to be a bud and smear it? (6) |
| FATHERKNOWSBEST | Classic sitcom with kids called Princess, Bud and Kitten |
| KINGOFTHEHILL | US animated television series featuring the voice talent of Mike Judge and Kathy Najimy that ran from 1997-2010 |
