| GLADIOLUS | Gardener's first kid promises to pay around end of April for flowering plant (9) |
| SHELFLIFE | Woman left Scottish area around end of April for period of use? (5,4) |
| DROWNING | Doctor liable to pay around beginning of November for suffocating underwater (8) |
| RESENT | Feel bitter about what tenant has to pay around Home Counties |
| NARCISSUS | Cuss rains, bad for flowering plant (9) |
| PRISCILLA | Lilac's gathered after the middle of April for a girl |
| ROCKCRESS | Common name for flowering plants in the family Brassicaceae (9) |
| BARRICADE | But first, Mall closed around 3 & 4 April for protection (9) |
| SCAPEGOAT | Flee missing the first kid perhaps, a person to blame (9) |
| OLIGARCHY | Gay choir formed around end of April, a powerful group (9) |
| TALKINGTO | Around end of April, becoming fond of carpeting (7-2) |
| VENTRICLE | Let out grass around end of April, showing some heart (9) |
| ONLOOKERS | Witnesses Oscar playing snooker around end of April (9) |
| LOINCLOTH | Dhoti is thin, cool around end of April (9) |
| METHYLENE | Around end of April, the enemy may produce a colourless gas |
| BROKENRIB | Skint, no first kid - it's an injury (6,3) |
| AUNTSALLY | Taking time off at first, kids join friend for game |
| GERM | Jewel found around the middle of April for Bertie (4) |
| GARDENIA | Kind of drainage needed for flowering plant (8) |
| LILAC | Name in turn around island for flowering plant (5) |
