| INTHEFIRSTPLACE | Originally popular, the trees initially taken home (2,3,5,5) |
| INSIST | Demand Top Twenty, originally popular with little relative (6) |
| PRUSSIANBLUE | Colour of originally popular cat breed (8,4) |
| INTHENICKOFTIME | Popular, the man frequently with me grabs one at the critical moment |
| MUTATISMUTANDIS | Admits autumn is wild, involving trees initially undergoing necessary changes |
| INARELATIONSHIP | Taken home, pale historian unwound |
| MARKETGARDENING | Measures initially taken regarding changes in growing fruit and vegetables commercially (6,9) |
| FIRST | Initially trees, trees initially! (5) |
| CHAOS | Physics theory which made popular the idea of the butterfly effect |
| ATFIRST | Batty at heart to protect trees initially |
| PILCHER | Cornish-born author who wrote for Mills and Boon as "Jane Fraser" before writing, under her own name, novels including The End of Summer and her popular The Shell Seekers (7) |
| INCREASINGLY | More popular, the best almost standing alone |
| EVERGREEN | Continually popular the Queen, and good with soldiers in uniform |
| MUSSOLINI | Popular, the Italian topless marsupial returns - as an Italian fascist! (9) |
| TEA | Drink that's popular the world over |
| CAR | Popular "The Price Is Right" prize |
| INTHELEAD | Popular, the heavy metal that's winning (2,3,4) |
| SUNTANS | Things taken home from the beach? |
| PAYCHEQUE | Suffer the consequences of European reports taken home from work (9) |
| NESTLING | Getting cosy, having taken home the fish (8) |
