| COCKLE | It's "wrinkle," not "winkle"! (6) |
| COCKLES | "Wrinkles," not "winkles"! (7) |
| SHARPEI | Chinese breed of dog known for its wrinkles (4,3) |
| SCRUPLE | Small wrinkle (not medium) causes moral difficulty (7) |
| PANCREAS | Part of body, face with wrinkle, not the back (8) |
| GROWSUP | Pack with wrinkles not filled in ages (5,2) |
| PRAISE | Winkle out article on the inner side, making flatter (6) |
| LESLIE | Sara Gilbert in The Big Bang Theory, ... Winkle (6) |
| IRVING | Washington, Rip Van Winkle creator (6) |
| WHEELS | Are they safe from winkle-pickers? (6) |
| TRIPLE | Let Van Winkle give you a threefold reason for it (6) |
| ASHTON | Choreographer who brought Mrs Tiggy-Winkle, Squirrel Nutkin and friends to the stage/screen in his ballet The Tales of Beatrix Potter (6) |
| NAPPER | Rip Van Winkle, in a big way |
| RIPVAN | Fabled sleeper, ... Winkle (3,3) |
| FLAGON | Vessel for Rip Van Winkle |
| ASLEEP | Like Van Winkle, for 20 years |
| TWENTY | Time passed, years — those Rip Van Winkle spent sleeping |
| SLEEPS | Emulates Rip Van Winkle |
| HUDSON | "Lordly" river near where Rip Van Winkle slept |
| KIPPER | Perhaps Rip Van Winkle's cure? |
