| TARQUIN | Jack, one child in five with a classic name |
| GREYMARE | Misty is a classic name for such a horse (8) |
| SQUINT | Look both ways, one child in five getting in the way |
| QUIN | Some of the cliquiness of one child in five (4) |
| ABSTAINER | Jack, one making a mark, one that doesn't count in 8 (9) |
| VIGILANCE | One US soldier in five with weapon showing watchfulness |
| LARVA | Left a river before five with a grub |
| IVAN | Getting in round about five, with a man (4) |
| QUINOA | Healthy seed, one of five with a lot of cereal (6) |
| VILLAGE | Five with a complaint linked to period in rural settlement (7) |
| PRISON | Pair with one child in place of captivity (6) |
| AIKIDO | One child in a ring displaying martial art |
| REASONED | One child in a rush worked it out |
| DEVELOP | Pole will come back in five with editor to make program |
| VINDICTIVE | Revengeful, formally charge four in five with Ecstasy |
| FIDDLE | The one of the 1/5 with a name that recalls 'Hey Diddle Diddle' (3,3,6) |
| CATAND | The one of the 1/5 with a name that recalls 'Hey Diddle Diddle' (3,3,6) |
| AEIOU | Five with a sixth, sometimes |
| RIVAL | Den turns up around five with a competitor (5) |
| VINDICATION | Five with a pointer to successful defence (11) |
