| UGLYDUCKLING | Fruit, bird, and fish - the first one heard to be a late developer (4,8) |
| CLARINETTIST | Cuckoo, crane and tit circling lake - first one's heard in the reeds (12) |
| LACQUER | One heard to be without varnish (7) |
| TEMPORAL | Could be a late rump lasting for a certain time (8) |
| INFER | Deduce one's heard to be wrapped up warmly |
| KIWI | Fruit, bird and NZ rugby player (4) |
| INTHENURSERY | You'll find Hazel and Cherry maturing there? Presumably, where one heard Old MacDonald had a farm! (2,3,7) |
| MORNINGDRESS | Formal attire for a funeral, one's heard (7, 5) |
| FOREVERAMBER | Historical novel never read on the road, one's heard! (7,5) |
| NURSERYRHYME | Jack and Jill produced space for little ones heard in Limerick (7,5) |
| STEAL | Nick, the son, a late developer (5) |
| LAUD | Titled one heard to give praise to another (4) |
| HATEMAIL | No love letters from him: a late developer (4,4) |
| BOOZEUP | Expressions of disapproval one heard to rise during drinking bout (5-2) |
| SCAPAFLOW | Before predator turns up, one's heard to skip naval base |
| CROC | Lame creature heard to be a vicious one |
| ILDA | Possibly Italian girl's name heard to be a tribal leader |
| ELDA | Possibly Italian girl's name heard to be a tribal leader |
| CUE | Letter heard to be a starting signal: are next? (3) |
| ADULATED | Flattered Dud, a late developer |
