| SUMMONER | One calling Norse Mum perhaps to appear in court (8) |
| JUMPEDUP | Started, at Oxford perhaps, to appear conceited |
| LOWER | Ox perhaps to appear menacing |
| IMMURING | One group keeping mum, perhaps, shutting up (8) |
| APPARENT | Dad's backing Mum perhaps, that's obvious (8) |
| PARENTED | Was mum perhaps torn between dad and, ultimately, love child? (8) |
| PARENTAL | Dad has tenancy that's also mum's, perhaps (8) |
| SUBPOENA | Writ requiring person to appear in court (8) |
| SELECTEE | US conscript chosen to appear in court (8) |
| SKIPBAIL | Escapee said to get entangled with poor alibi and fail to appear in court (4,4) |
| CHANCERY | Opportunist, almost the last character to appear in court |
| DIRECTOR | The one calling the shots is bound to make a scene (8) |
| STATIONS | King's Cross and Euston - there's more than one calling here (8) |
| LANDSEER | Artist, one calling from the crow's-nest? (8) |
| LINESMAN | One calling out from back of court? |
| REFORMER | School subject, first one calling for changes (8) |
| DOORBELL | A sound indicator of one's calling (8) |
| LASTPOST | One's calling observed immediately prior to retirement? |
| VOCATION | One's calling havoc at ionosphere's inclusion (8) |
| UNIONREP | One calling strikes, in short |
