| ELLERYQUEEN | Detective aided by his father |
| FRANKHARDY | Detective aided by his brother |
| PERRYMASON | Detective aided by his secretary |
| CHARLIECHAN | Detective aided by various sons |
| NICKROCKETT | Irish racehorse that won the 2025 Grand National ridden by Patrick Mullins and trained by his father Willie (4,7) |
| GAYE | R&B legend killed by his father in 1984 |
| THOR | Marvel superhero who was exiled by his father Odin |
| DAVID | Boy of six embraced by his father (5) |
| ISAAC | Biblical son who was nearly sacrificed by his father |
| FRANCISCOSOLANOLOPEZ | Who was appointed by his father as a brigadier general at 18 and in 1865, as president, waged an uns |
| DUTCH | Childhood nickname given to Ronald Reagan by his father (5) |
| PELOPS | Son of Tantalus in Greek mythology who was killed by his father and served to the gods as a meal (6) |
| RUNCIE | Author whose The Grantchester Mysteries were inspired by his father, the late Archbishop of Canterbury 1980-91 (6) |
| LLOYD | Writer and horticulturist whose lifelong home at Great Dixter was remodelled and restored by his father and Edwin Lutyens in 1910-12 (5) |
| JOSEPH | Character in the book of Genesis given a coloured cloak by his father (6) |
| DUKE | Title bestowed on Prince Edward, formerly held by his father (4,2,9) |
| OFEDINBURGH | Title bestowed on Prince Edward, formerly held by his father (4,2,9) |
| PARNABY | Stuart ....... , former Birmingham defender who graduated from the Middlesbrough Academy run by his father (7) |
| SHAMMI | Charismatic star with whom Mumtaz had an unfulfilled romance, due to family traditions laid down by his father.(First Name) (6) |
| VERMEER | Dutch master whose treatment of shadow and light in his paintings including Girl Interrupted at her Music, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Astronomer and The Lacemaker is thought to have been aided by |
