| THESEA | Hemingway novel for Dad with the waters (3,3,3,3,3,3) |
| THEOLD | Hemingway novel for Dad with the waters (3,3,3,3,3,3) |
| MANAND | Hemingway novel for Dad with the waters (3,3,3,3,3,3) |
| POPCORN | Snack food for dad with a foot problem (7) |
| DRIFTS | Goes with the water's current (6) |
| PARDONING | It's no grind for pa with that forgiving nature of his! |
| ADDLE | Confuse Dad with the French |
| FOLKS | Mom and Dad, with "the" |
| APATHETIC | A dad with the twitching complaint disinclined to act (9) |
| ADDLED | Confused Dad with the French penny (6) |
| PAIR | Couple dad with the income tax people (4) |
| PARR | Rolls given to dad with the fish (4) |
| OFFICE | Sitcom set in Scranton, PA, with "The" |
| OLDS | Ma and pa, with "the" |
| ISLANDSINTHESTREAM | Ernest Hemingway novel published posthumously in 1970 |
| BUTT | Starts backing up the truck with the water tank (4) |
| EVILSPIRIT | Wickedness associated with the water of life or the devil's buttermilk? (4,6) |
| AWASH | Level with the water surface (5) |
| SHRILL | An ear-piercing "Quiet with the water!" (6) |
| LETWELLALONE | Don't interfere - with the water supply? (3,4,5) |
