| BATHING | Happen to take in a specific item getting children into the sea - such as this? |
| NAUTICALMILE | Call me with a unit I used at sea, such as this? |
| INLET | Narrow arm of the sea such as a fjord, or one leading to a bay (5) |
| ADOPTION | Half-glad to have option for the taking of other children into the family (8) |
| OCCUPIER | Happen to take in baked dish for resident (8) |
| BEACON | Fire on a hill originally to give warning of an approaching enemy; or, an aid to navigation at sea such as a buoy or lighthouse (6) |
| NECKS | Narrow pieces of land or sea such as isthmus or channel (5) |
| OCCUR | Happen to take a certain measure in our case (5) |
| THEWITCHES | Roald Dahl novel about a group which plans to turn all children into mice (3,7) |
| ISTHMUS | Narrow strip of land bordered by sea, such as Auckland (7) |
| FANLETTER | A new line in bondage item getting corresponding amount of praise (3,6) |
| MAKINGGOOD | Being successful in getting children to behave (6,4) |
| COMETOPASS | Happen to take first place, then a couple of seconds |
| EVENT | It happens to take place in a sports meeting (5) |
| WRANGLE | Manage a difficult situation, ... the children into bed |
| NONEVENTS | Do they ever happen to take off at all? No nev..... (3-6) |
| WHYISITSO | Question posed by Professor Julius Sumner Miller, enchanting a generation of children into fascinati |
| AGORAPHOBIA | Oprah, disoriented in a desert, has a fear such as this? (11) |
| ISOBAR | Is there nothing to prohibit the use of a curve such as this? (6) |
| TASK | Specific item on a to-do list |
