| ASONEMAN | Middle-class child star coming back in concert (2,3,3) |
| NEXUS | Old flame cuddled by star coming back to make connection (5) |
| UNCANNY | Weird upper-class child-minder caught breaking in |
| AIKIDO | Top class child gets ring for martial art (6) |
| GRANDPOPS | Short numbers played back in concert pianos by relatives (9) |
| TRUMPETER | Musician back in concert, odd chap (9) |
| MOTET | Little piece back in concert, sacred music |
| GRANDSONS | Short numbers played back in concert pianos by relatives (9) |
| LANGFORD | Surname of Bonnie, the former child star in the 19705, who played Mel Bush in Doctor Who in both the 1980s and the 2020s (8) |
| STAGEMOM | Aggressive manager for a child star |
| MACAULAY | --------Culkin, child star of the 1990 film Home Alone (8) |
| EVEPLUMB | TV child star who delivered the line "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!" |
| RINGLETS | Hairstyle famously worn by child star Shirley Temple |
| LIPNICKI | Like Mike child star, Jonathan - (8) |
| DOURGANG | Gloomy child stars who never caught on? |
| MOMAGERS | Portmanteau for some parents of child stars |
| BORIS | Threat in wild animal left unwell, as star coming out at night? (5,7) |
| PETER | Driving round island from the east, star coming out at night? (5,7) |
| CHRISTOPHERLEE | Seen by torch, he replies, twinkling star coming out at night? (11,3) |
| RASTA | A star coming out as Afro-Caribbean (5) |
