| MODICUM | Little goldfinch regularly guarded by parent (7) |
| LARYNX | Breathing part of lairs regularly guarded by cat (6) |
| STINGRAY | Area regularly guarded by mean, threatening fish (8) |
| REGULAR | One present often overturned to carry, held by parent (7) |
| MUMMIFY | Preserve after death if taken in by parent (7) |
| DASTARD | Celebrity framed by parent as scoundrel (7) |
| SMOTHER | Stifle son supported by parent (7) |
| PANTHER | Wild cat beginning to hiss when caught by parent nervously (7) |
| OPTIMUM | Best work and piece of advice shortly found by parent (7) |
| MAHATMA | Revered Hindu's headgear pinched by parent (7) |
| MAXIMUM | A blend held up by parent is supreme (7) |
| MINIMUM | Least obtained from small car by parent (7) |
| DADAISM | Elevated position embraced by parent's artistic movement (7) |
| INSTANT | Part of show rerun by parent isn't incorrectly set (7,6) |
| MATILDA | Empress who danced briefly until confined by parents (7) |
| NANNIES | People paid by parents to look after their children (7) |
| THISTLE | Plant from which the goldfinch derived its Anglo Saxon name because of its love of the seeds which is a national symbol of Scotland (7) |
| HOGWASH | Artist whose painting of the children of George II's apothecary, Daniel Graham, includes details of a cat, a cherry-bob, a goldfinch in a gilded cage and a silver basket of fruit (7) |
| HOMERUN | Score that's arranged by parents after school? (4,3) |
| HOGARTH | Artist whose painting of the children of George II's apothecary, Daniel Graham, includes details of a cat, a cherry-bob, a goldfinch in a gilded cage and a silver basket of fruit |
