| HOLIERTHANTHOU | Harry Hole author - thin, extremely patronising (6-4-4) |
| NEIL | "Death by Black Hole" author ___ deGrasse Tyson |
| SACHAR | "Holes" author Louis |
| GOINGTOTHEDOGS | Patronising race in decline (5,2,3,4) |
| NESBO | Jo ___, Norwegian author of the Harry Hole crime novels (5) |
| JONESBO | Author of the Harry Hole novels (2,5) |
| PISTONRING | Patronising at sea to ignore a seal (6,4) |
| TALKDOWN | Be patronising in speech and overbearing in argument (4,4) |
| HIGHANDMIGHTY | Informal expression meaning 'patronising' (4,3,6) |
| OLDDEAR | Patronising term for an elderly woman (3,4) |
| EATINGOUT | Patronising a restaurant (6,3) |
| TALKSDOWN | Is patronising in speech and overbearing in argument (5,4) |
| STGEORGE | Patronising figure gets ogre running (2,6) |
| SNOBBY | Condescending, patronising, or socially exclusive; (6) |
| LOOKINGDOWNON | Is patronising to gents from The Palace finding it's low in spirits to order? What's new! (7,4,2) |
| ARCH | Patronising - impish (4) |
| DIDACTIC | Did take action I see regarding how patronising teacher performs (8) |
| EXIST | Be patronising to women with no leader (5) |
| CONDESCENDING | Patronising Tory on the way down (13) |
| CONDESCENSION | Attitude of patronising superiority (13) |
