| FATHER | Legend, very generous sort, Mrs Thatcher - as if! (6,9) |
| CHRISTMAS | Legend, very generous sort, Mrs Thatcher - as if! (6,9) |
| FATHERCHRISTMAS | Benevolent character in recollection of Mrs Thatcher? As if! (6,9) |
| BIRDSOFAFEATHER | Like-minded people finding new father bored? As if! (5,2,1,7) |
| REEDER | Thatcher as Red Queen absorbing energy (6) |
| MAJOR | Who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as British prime minister? (5) |
| INGHAM | Bernard, late press secretary to Margaret Thatcher as prime minister (6) |
| KINDLED | Generous sort of display was inspiring |
| SHARPENER | Generous sort welcoming writer in Whetstone? (9) |
| IRON | Drama starring Meryl Streep as Mrs Thatcher, The ___ Lady (4) |
| PEGFORYOURHAT | Mrs. Thatcher, in her role as toque receiver, maybe? |
| NOT | Sounds like could be twisted? As if! (3) |
| WAYNESWORLD | 1992 movie with catchphrases like "As if!" and "Denied!"* |
| QUASI | Question and answer session's most prolific setter? As if! (5) |
| THEVERYIDEA | After transformation, dieter heavy? As if! (3,4,4) |
| FAILSAFE | Fluttening leaf? As if! Sure! (4-4) |
| LEAST | Lowest rent around? As if! (5) |
| FILOPASTRY | Baked good might make you portly? As if! (4,6) |
| FRIARS | RC orders Moderator? As if! (6) |
| LIKE | Lost US president? As if! (4) |
