| SPECTRE | Haunting fear papa's harbouring dreadful secret? On the contrary |
| OUTING | Exposing one's secret on the excursion |
| HIDEOUTS | Witch's heart kept in dreadful, secret places (8) |
| MENCKEN | Who once described puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy" |
| KEYWORDS | Secret on script? It's what US intelligence is listening out for on the telephone (3,5) |
| SPECTRAL | Redeployment of PCs later characterised by haunting fear? (8) |
| ARTHUR | & 7D Dales youngster who discovered a shocking secret on camera (6,6) |
| THOMAS | Dales youngster who discovered a shocking secret on camera (6,6) |
| ADVERTISERS | Promotional types, sources of guidance about secret on a regular basis (11) |
| THEQT | What you might be asked to keep a secret on |
| INTERSECTION | Crossing in secret on it at sea (12) |
| HUSHUP | Keep secret on how to keep quiet in bed? (4,2) |
| EARS | Q: "Why shouldn't you tell secrets on a farm?" A: "Because the corn has ___!" |
| TOLLED | Rang and gave away secrets on air (6) |
| BLEAKHOUSE | British disclosure of secrets on Home Office exercise book |
| SPILLINGTHEBEANS | Telling secrets on Thanksgiving? |
| PSYCHO | Alfred Hitchcock secured the rights to which novel for only $9000, then bought as many copies as he could to keep the ending of the film a secret? (6) |
| STREET | Top secret? Missing cop found at the side of the path! (6) |
| LISA | ___ Snowdon, revealed 3 Down's secret on This Morning (4) |
| AGE | The average woman's secret? (3) |