| PLAYMATES | My pals, being naughty, had to be kept in - group of kids messing about? |
| DUKING | Fighting kid messing with gun |
| INK | Once had to be kept in a pen |
| INVIOLATE | At home old musical instrument had to be kept free from damage |
| TYPICAL | In keeping with pal being mixed up in city (7) |
| LIGHTYEAR | Hate girly messing about? One wouldn't go that far (5,4) |
| WRINGER | Right to needle soldier's pal being drier |
| PLAYINGAROUND | Rendering Frere Jacques say, or just messing about? |
| ATTIC | A group of kids foil an invasion in Aliens in the ... (5) |
| NILES | In the middle of May, two of my pals left Nailsea and moved to a city between Pittsburgh and Cleveland in Ohio (5) |
| YOUTHCLUB | Finally finish old cub hut refit to hold large group of kids (5,4) |
| HOWLEY | Last April, three of my pals from Holywell travelled to visit my place near Chard (6) |
| EBLEY | Last spring, three of my pals left Begelly and moved to a place just outside of Stroud (5) |
| DETAINED | Held one back in order to be kept in custody (8) |
| AIRJAIL | What a cat being held up for being naughty is in, jokingly |
| BARNSTAPLE | My pal, who lived in my street in Brane, now has a new place in a town in North Devon (10) |
| RAGTAG | Lovably quirky, as a group of kids |
| HERD | Group of kids, say? |
| PATROL | School safety ___ (group of kids helping students cross the street) |
| DUNBALL | In the middle of July, three of my pals joined a band and went on tour -- I saw them play at a place near Puriton (7) |
