| RABBITPUNCH | Novice with puppet is a great hit |
| HOMERUN | Bard, one writing in dialect, is a great hit in America |
| PUNCH | The puppet is a big hit (5) |
| THECATIN | That neat hi-tech novel, a great hit with children (3,3,2,3,3) |
| THEHAT | That neat hi-tech novel, a great hit with children (3,3,2,3,3) |
| SLAM | Give terrible review to a great hit |
| WALLOW | Everyone in a great hit shows delight |
| HOMER | A great hit for the classic poet (5) |
| SMASH | It's a great hit for the break (5) |
| TOPKNOT | Bound to be a great hit on the head (7) |
| SNOOTY | Wrapped around pole, puppet is stuck up |
| IDOL | One unfinished puppet is an object of awe (4) |
| TOADSTOOL | Blighter's puppet, is one wearing cap? (9) |
| DROLL | Amusing puppet is about right for it (5) |
| RAT | Rowland, the children's TV puppet, is one of these (3) |
| TALON | Heavyweight gets round a novice with a hook (5) |
| GLOBAL | Build blog for a novice with a general view (6) |
| ALARM | A novice with a weapon causes panic (5) |
| ALARMED | Frightened by a novice with a gun! (7) |
| MADRIGAL | Daft to equip a novice with a part-song |
