| NEMO | Lost son of the clownfish Marlin |
| CORAL | Marine animal forming reefs and atolls; a host/home of thousands of species of fish including the clownfish (5) |
| NATE | ___ Robinson, long-lost son of Cain Dingle in Emmerdale (4) |
| DEAN | Marcus ___, long-lost son of evil Pierce Harris in Emmerdale (4) |
| SCHORM | Which Czech film and theatre director, whose films include The Return of a Lost Son (1966) |
| SLOVENIA | Lost son alive in the country |
| PARQUET | Dad runs search, having lost son in area of US theatre |
| REVERE | Turn around having lost son, Paul, perhaps (6) |
| SAVOIRFAIRE | Having lost son, Sofia arrives distraught ? tact is needed |
| CREEPER | Native American person lost son in Virginia, say (7) |
| WEAPONRY | Way person, having lost son, waves about arms |
| DEMAGOGUE | Political manipulator some gauged criminal having lost son (9) |
| ASTRAY | Lost son in a shallow box (6) |
| APOSTLESPOON | Christening present from pope - a lost son reformed (7,5) |
| MICHAEL | Coronation Street chap who recently thought he had found his long-lost son Gavin (7,7) |
| PHILOMENA | Drama starring Judi Dench as a woman searching for her long-lost son (9) |
| MOORE | James ___, actor who plays Charity Dingle's long-lost son Ryan Stocks (5) |
| GEORGE | Walford landlord who shares his name with his long-lost son, nicknamed Junior (6,6) |
| KNIGHT | Walford landlord who shares his name with his long-lost son, nicknamed Junior (6,6) |
| REEF | Coral ecosystem such as the world's largest inhabited by thousands of species including the blue tang, clownfish and dugong (4) |
