| ATTHETOPOFTHETREE | High-up boss may be here, but it's a precarious location for a cradle |
| MASTER | The boss may be a mere boy |
| MORTAL | Tom and Al have the right to be here but not forever it seems (6) |
| LULL | Word, for "soothe to sleep or quiescence", from which a name for a cradle song or hushaby derives (4) |
| PARKAVENUECOUGARQUEST | Search for a cradle-robbing woman in New York City? |
| BERCEAU | Word, from French, for a cradle or covered walk (7) |
| TREETOP | Odd place for a cradle |
| ROCK | Sort of music suitable for a cradle-song? (4) |
| FREEZINGPOINT | The ice might be starting to melt here but it's very cold at the cape |
| PURDAH | Hard up boss produced mechanism for keeping women in one place behind The Curtain (6) |
| TEACADDY | Two supporters for golfer, say: Earl Grey may be here |
| UNDERPAY | Minimise wasting pounds? A stingy boss may do so (8) |
| FEATHER | There's some fat here but it's really quite light (7) |
| GREX | .... a group or crowd (eg animalium) may be here |
| ONTHESHELF | Single focus of drunken egotist may be here (2,3,5) |
| BOTTLEBANK | After the drinks party, those getting smashed may be here |
| ONTAP | Indication of what's hot or cold may be here, readily available (2,3) |
| INSYNC | Matching dishes may be here to wash, we hear (2,4) |
| INSENSATE | Foolish US politicians may be here, taking in society (9) |
| CROSSBOW | Narked cockney may be here, one that was fired (8) |
