| GRUELLING | Demanding porridge and fish |
| STIRLING | Scottish city, the place for porridge and fish |
| BARKER | Ronnie ---, actor and comedian who starred in the TV sitcoms Porridge and Open All Hours (6) |
| RONNIEBARKER | Actor and comedian who starred in the sitcoms Porridge and Open All Hours (6,6) |
| LAGOS | One often given porridge and exceptionally large port |
| BEACON | Do porridge, and make light of it |
| OATEN | Like porridge and bits in granola |
| BIRDBRAIN | Porridge and cereal I included for fool (9) |
| DOBIRD | Serve porridge and roast turkey? (2,4) |
| STIR | Here's porridge, and what to do when cooking it |
| CLEMENT | Dick ?, co-writer, with Ian La Frenais, of BBC TV sitcoms Porridge and The Likely Lads |
| TYPIST | Heartless in Endeavour, the lead in Porridge and the original key contributor to The Office (6) |
| POLENTA | Italians make porridge and serve it on plate (7) |
| BRIANWILDE | Character actor who played Mr Barrowclough in Porridge and Walter "Foggy" Dewhurst in Last of the Summer Wine |
| TIMEBOMB | Combination of porridge and egg that will go off |
| VAUGHAN | Porridge and Game of Thrones star given a hug somehow in safe van (5,7) |
| PETER | Porridge and Game of Thrones star given a hug somehow in safe van (5,7) |
| OATMEAL | Porridge and a meatloaf, cooked but left unfinished (7) |
| SLADE | London art school, the jail in Porridge and a rock band (5) |
| INCARCERATION | Porridge and rice can make allowance for meals (13) |
