| NAL | Ending with mater or pater |
| BLOCK | A brick or other mass of stone or wood one is said to be a figurative "chip off" when resembling one's mater or pater in character or appearance (5) |
| PARENT | Etymologically associated with "viper", a word for a mater or pater (6) |
| MUM | Word, imitative of an inarticulate sound made with one's mouth closed, meaning silence/silent; or, a nickname of one's mater or of a "chrysanth" with often pom-pom-like blooms (3) |
| ALMA | Word for a learned Egyptian (belly) dancer; Italian for "essence, soul"; or, with "mater", thus "bounteous/nourishing mother", one's college, school or university (4) |
| PIA | Mater or Zadora |
| CAR | Mater or Lightning McQueen, in several Pixar movies |
| MOTHER | A woman in relation to her child; one's own mater; or, an abbess (6) |
| FISCHER | Champion mater and pater, with Independent Schools Council for a time! (7) |
| POP | Word imitative of a cork being drawn from a bottle of ginger beer, champagne or other effervescing drink; the fizz itself; or, one's pater (3) |
| SIS | Pluto or ___ Pater CLUES |
| THIRDPLACE | Bronze pater with child bust |
| PRATE | Chatter with pater? |
| DEPART | Leave with pater, travelling the day before |
| PREROGATIVE | Or give pater a change of privilege (11) |
| PRIMATE | I'm with pater! He's a top father! |
| TEMPERAMENTAL | Highly excitable with me, Pater turned mad (13) |
| LETSON | *Reveals one's true feelings (or the other way, pater ___) |
| ORCUS | God of the underworld in Roman and Etruscan mythology, often conflated with Dis Pater and Pluto (5) |
| PLUTO | Dis Pater |
