| PREDACIOUS | Like a moneylender perhaps, before father almost gets caught with debts (10) |
| SIR | Father almost gets a title |
| PAWNBROKER | Chesspiece smashed right into a moneylender (10) |
| APPARENTLY | Evidently father returned with mother perhaps before second half of July (10) |
| STROKEPLAY | Crawl, perhaps, before dramatic event as a feature in golf? (10) |
| BEDOFROSES | Perhaps before DSS nothing was a cushy number! (3,2,5) |
| ATESTDRIVE | One for the road, perhaps, before you decide to take the car? (1,4,5) |
| STEAMRADIO | Wireless drama set perhaps before ten (5,5) |
| AMERICANO | A sheep gets caught with a coffee (9) |
| SAGACIOUS | It's a long story getting caught with debts showing all the hallmarks of a wise guy (9) |
| EXPIRE | It will come to an end when Rex gets caught with the whole pie (6) |
| SUBCONSCIOUS | Without awareness of deputy criminals caught with debts (12) |
| APPALOOSA | Returning by himself, father almost untethered a horse (9) |
| DIASPORA | A scattered people is rumoured to come back before father snaffles gold (8) |
| SANDPAPER | It is used for polishing grains before father gets through (9) |
| BACCHUS | Composer gets caught with American deity (7) |
| CONSCIOUS | Knowing prisoners caught with debts (9) |
| CREDITOR | The king seen with newspaper boss and a moneylender (8) |
| PARENTAL | Father almost completely broken apart by split from mother? |
| ESCAPADE | Curious case comes before 'father of French adventure' (8) |
