| ADULATOR | Grown-up is without artifice, initially, or is a sycophant (8) |
| NEW | Determine whether cover-up is without precedent (3) |
| DAMOCLES | In classical legend, a sycophant forced by Dionysius to sit under a sword suspended by a hair (8) |
| PARASITE | Little thanks and praise is given to such a sycophant (8) |
| CHARLOCK | Weedy plant in crayon, initially, or chalk, possibly (8) |
| CHLORINE | Backbone injected with liquid initially, or gas (8) |
| ASSESSOR | Idiots to be brought before sheriff, initially, or judge |
| PORPOISE | Marine mammal having power, initially, or composure |
| OLEANDER | Hero-worshipper behind Obama, initially, or Bush |
| KINSHASA | Family has settled in South Africa, initially or somewhere in Central Africa |
| FAWNER | Flora's associate, we hear, is a sycophant (6) |
| YESMAN | Agreed chap is a sycophant (3-3) |
| CREEPER | Perhaps Virginia is a sycophant (7) |
| MATURE | How a grown-up is true to his mother |
| EVELYN | A first name for persons of either sex or is a surname (6) |
| CREEP | An act of crawling or inching slowly or stealthily; an inexorable movement of something, such as fog; or, a sycophant or otherwise unpleasant or detestable person (5) |
| CONSENTINGADULT | Gluttons can dine out if this grown up is agreeable |
| SHOTGUNWEDDING | Feudal Japanese union takes time, or is a hurried event (7,7) |
| CONSIDERATE | Like one who cares for others - or is a decent sort |
| BEAT | Copper's round, or is a square? (4) |
