| WIGGED | My Learned Friend may be given a ticking-off (6) |
| PULLEDUP | Hauled in and given a ticking off (6,2) |
| HAY | Music hall comic actor in films including Oh, Mr Porter! and My Learned Friend ; or, the short name of a Welsh town with an annual literary festival (3) |
| EARN | Take home pay for some of my learned friends (4) |
| RATING | A ticking off for the sailor (6) |
| EARFUL | Are, having spread flu, prepared for a ticking-off (6) |
| MUTUAL | Reciprocal or common, as a friend may be (6) |
| STROKE | Touch of a paintbrush; or, a sound of a ticking clock (6) |
| TANDEM | On which, one's friend may take a back seat (6) |
| SEAMAN | Where gold may be given a new rating |
| ATCOST | How family and friends may buy things |
| CROSSWORDSETTER | Character scratching head after a ticking off - me, say? (9,6) |
| TONGUE | Ticking off 28, shouting wildly (6,7) |
| RACKED | Ticking off item in list of purchases from greengrocer (6) |
| ROCKET | It indicates distress at the ticking off (6) |
| CRATCHIT | Tiny Tim right to get a ticking-off about it (8) |
| STICK | A ticking off - or the cane (5) |
| TALKINGTO | Reprimand, a ticking-off (7-2) |
| REPROACH | Get hold of guards for a ticking off (8) |
| HARDWORDS | A ticking off the foreigner didn't understand? (4,5) |
