| PAPOOSE | Oppose scheme to adopt a native American child (7) |
| RECLUSE | Hermit's scheme to adopt European Community student (7) |
| GARLAND | American child star gets a wreath of flowers (7) |
| ENGARDE | A call to a fencer to adopt a defensive stance (2,5) |
| OURGANG | Group of American child actors of the 1930s-40s which included Tommy Bond and Joe Cobb (3,4) |
| LEATHER | Permit that lady to adopt a kid (7) |
| PETSHOP | Place to adopt a dog |
| PAPPY | To an American child, father is soft (5) |
| TIGER | American child prodigy who began to play golf at the age of two, ... Woods |
| NISEI | American child of Japanese parents |
| MUNCHKIN | American child one leaves somewhere in Bavaria with family (8) |
| SCANTIER | Make out American child's apron is comparatively skimpy |
| COOGAN | American child actor of the twenties, much later he was Uncle Fester in The Addams Family, Jackie .. |
| ADVOCATE | At short notice, vote to adopt a CA, or a lawyer (8) |
| WATERMILL | Desire to adopt a name for a source of power |
| IDAHO | Only state to adopt a state seal designed by a woman |
| CALLTOARMS | Affectionate summons to infants to adopt a military vocation? (4,2,4) |
| TAKETHEVIEW | Kit to weave the pattern in which to adopt a position (4,3,4) |
| GETSON | Makes progress to adopt a boy perhaps (4,2) |
| EATONESHAT | Be surprised enough to adopt a pork-pie diet? (3,4,3) |
