| RAG | It was a halfpenny a publication (3) |
| MOG | A tattle, imitative of the chatter of a pie; the pyot itself; a halfpenny; a long-tailed titmouse; or, in short, a glossy or the element with atomic no. 12 (3) |
| MAGPIE | Corvid known collectively as a mischief whose name is used to refer to a chatterbox or a hoarder; the outermost-but-one ring on a target; or, slang for a halfpenny (6) |
| RAP | Criminal charge as to counterfeit halfpenny in old Ireland (3) |
| COP | Halfpenny collar? |
| CAUGHT | Grub acquired for a halfpenny at first (6) |
| PORTCULLIS | Once an Old French "sliding gate", later a heavy grating either lowered to bar a castle's entrance, serving as a heraldic lattice, or adorning an Elizabethan silver halfpenny (10) |
| THECUCKIO | Recent Channel 5 drama starring Jill Halfpenny as a mysterious lodger named Sian (3,6) |
| LEIGH | Halfpenny, Toulon and Wales full back or wing threequarter (5) |
| JILL | English actress, ---- Halfpenny (4) |
| DIMES | Flipped halfpenny spent elsewhere (5) |
| SHOVE | ___ halfpenny, old pub game (5) |
| DANDIPRAT | Old three-halfpenny comic incomplete, one part damaged (9) |
| SEXTONBLAKE | Fictional detective who made his first appearance in the story paper The Halfpenny Marvel in 1893 |
| STAMPS | Philatelic labels such as the early 1c Magentas, Halfpenny Rose Reds, Penny Lilacs, Jubilees and Seahorses; hallmarks; or, blocks for crushing metallic ores (6) |
| FEUD | Channel 5 drama with Jill Halfpenny and Rupert Penry-Jones, The ___ (4) |
| BYKER | Beloved children's TV series that starred Jill Halfpenny, plus Ant and Dec, ----- Grove (5) |
| FLASHINTHEPAN | Tossing a halfpenny (not unknown) - this leads to brief success |
| REVIEW | A formal inspection of military or naval forces originally, later a critique of a book, film, play, restaurant etc; or, a publication containing said evaluation (6) |
| WARCRY | What (The ___ ___) is a publication of the Salvation Army? (3,3) |
