| EUPHEMISTIC | Is Cockney youth, a mystic, sounding less offensive? (11) |
| TAMER | Quiet American, to some extent less offensive? (5) |
| DISARMS | Makes less offensive? |
| BARNET | What is Cockney rhyming slang for 'hair'? (6) |
| HUMPHREYBOGART | Oscar-winning actor for his performance as the Canadian captain (who is Cockney in the book version, |
| UMPTEEN | A lot to bear with difficulty from Cockney youth |
| MALAYSIA | Mother's sounding less inclined to work in land abroad (8) |
| MEDULLA | Innards of organ to me sounding less interesting |
| HOARSER | Animal's eaten acre, made to go on run, sounding less healthy (7) |
| EUPHONY | Agreeable sound of Cockney youth Ernie (7) |
| ESKIMOPIE | Ice cream treat getting a less offensive name in 2021 |
| SALAD | While standing the youth a light lunch (5) |
| ADOLESCENT | Youth a net closed around (10) |
| FAWN | Forest dweller still in its youth's a horny spirit, we hear |
| SANITISED | Make less offensive by removing objectionable features (9) |
| EUPHEMISM | Less offensive substitute word or phrase (9) |
| PICAROON | Choose a mystic symbol, say, identifying a rogue |
| SUFI | In the event, the American is back as a mystic (4) |
| HEARTOFDARKNESS | Novella by Joseph Conrad narrated by the character Marlow published in 1902 volume Youth: a Narrative, and Two Other Stories |
| PUCCINI | Stealing church organ parts to buy cigarettes in his youth, a composer of 12 operas, including Madama Butterfly and Tosca, who became the richest musician of his era (7) |
