| CREATUREOFHABIT | Novel about Father Eric - a person of routine (8,2,5) |
| REALISTIC | Practical, making Eric a new inventory inside (9) |
| AMERICAN | Eric, a man, turned out to be foreign (8) |
| CENTRALAMERICAN | By implication, Eric's a Costa Rican possibly (7,8) |
| POPSTHEQUESTION | Proposes some doubt about father? (4,3,8) |
| DADPOETSSOCIETY | 1989 drama about fathers who join a club to write odes and sonnets? |
| BYPASSOPERATION | Patronise boys upset about father's heart surgery (6,9) |
| BANA | Star of Romulus, My Father, Eric - (4) |
| EPITAPH | Point about father in essence a commemoration (7) |
| OPERETTA | Exaggerated about father abroad getting a little light work |
| JAPER | One jokes about Father Jack making a comeback |
| METAPHOR | Figure of speech upset mother, about father retiring (8) |
| REPAIRMAN | Mariner worried about father being a mechanic (9) |
| INFRACTION | Doing nothing about father is a crime (10) |
| PARABLE | A story about Father Bear getting left out (7) |
| PEDANT | Shut up about father being such a stickler |
| DARED | Challenged about father having custody of (5) |
| NEAT | Straight part of routine a triumph (4) |
| NEUROTIC | Mentally ill - needs a change of routine before cure starts (8) |
| RAPTURE | Criticise return of routine: source of eventual happiness |
