| SWEETMEATS | Devout type comes across on radio, eating tiny bonbons? |
| HOTAIR | Empty talk from the first three characters in 26 across on radio (3,3) |
| FIRSTBORN | Eldest child initially ready to tuck into left half of bonbon? |
| CALIFORNIASWEET | Neil Simon bonbon? |
| DIRTYTREAT | Dust-covered bonbon? |
| SWEETS | Pious type's eating tiny candies |
| SWEETROLLS | Goes for a walk, eating tiny bakery purchases (5,5) |
| ANCIENTEGYPTIAN | Pyramid builder eating tiny pecan nuts (7,8) |
| SWEETHEART | Devout type entertaining little compassion? Steady! |
| THEOLOGIAN | Go into heal sick, devout type in study (10) |
| THEIST | Devout type of teller from the start gets bank job (6) |
| STAMEN | Devout type implied last bit of prayer should have flowery organ? |
| TYKE | Cheeky type comes back to lock up mongrel (4) |
| TURTLE | Slow type comes out of his shell every so often (6) |
| SNEEZE | Most of the insult from middle-sized English nosy type comes with a blessing (6) |
| TURTLEDOVE | Slow type comes out of shell every so often with bird for Christmas, one of two? (6,4) |
| BEACH | "On the good ship, Lollipop; It's a sweet trip to a candy shop; Where bonbons play, on the sunny ... |
| SHIP | Shirley Temple sang, "On the good ... Lollipop; It's a sweet trip to a candy shop; Where bonbons play; On the sunny beach of Peppermint Bay" |
| CONFETTI | Small pieces of coloured paper thrown on festive occasions, from the Italian for bonbons |
| CRACKERS | Word for bangers, party poppers or squibs; festive snappers or "cosaques" modelled on bonbons twisted in wrappers; crisp savoury biscuits that break with a sharp snap; or, corkers, stunners or other p |
