| PLAYPEN | Not a dramatist's instrument, but a childish thing |
| TOY | To a youth leader, a childish thing |
| DRYDEN | A dramatist's jejune retreat (6) |
| PLAYFORMONEY | Gamble with a dramatist's sale? (4,3,5) |
| BAABAA | Childish thing to say to a black sheep (3,3) |
| EXTANT | Unable to start instrument, but is still in existence |
| RESOLUTE | Rose shakily with musical instrument, but determined (8) |
| DILATED | Made weaker old instrument, but did get around it (7) |
| HARPER | Rhoda sitcom actor Valerie supplies instrument, but with hesitation (6) |
| DILUTED | Made weaker old instrument, but did get around it (7) |
| SACK | Instrument, but missing bag (4) |
| BOLTUPRIGHTBASS | Jazz instrument, but more so? |
| MINSTER | Beverley possibly has unusual instrument, but lacks nut (7) |
| STROMBOLI | Satisfactory start with brass instrument but taking wrong half of line for Italian hothead (9) |
| IPUT | "... ___ away childish things": 1 Corinthians |
| OUTGROW | Got our frivolous women to leave behind childish things (7) |
| TOYMEN | Gigolos when grown up sell childish things (6) |
| DOTS | Childish things to connect? |
| LETITGO | Song whereby fool captivated by childish things (3,2,2) |
| ACTSONESAGE | Puts away childish things |
