| LAMBKIN | Pet name for children's 9am broadcast |
| TAG | Name for children's game |
| MAXIMUM | Mother at 9am rises to do her level best (7) |
| CATALAN | Pet name for boy from Barcelona, perhaps (7) |
| POSSUMS | Dame Edna Everage's pet name for her audiences (7) |
| PLASTIC | Light strong material often used for children's toys (7) |
| BURNETT | Novelist remembered for children's classics including Little Lord Fauntleroy, A Little Princess, The Secret Garden and The Lost Prince (7) |
| MARBLES | Wits needed for children's game |
| WILLIAM | American material I included in stuff for children's book |
| NEWBERY | *American Library Association's medal for children's literature |
| KIMWATKINS | David Reyne's 9am co-host (3,7) |
| DAVIDREYNE | Ex-9am co-host with Kim Watkins (5,5) |
| REYNE | Kim Watkins' 9am co-host, David ... (5) |
| MAXI | 9am to rise and dress (4) |
| FIRSTCLASS | Brilliant 9am lecture, perhaps |
| OFFICEHOURS | 9am to 5pm, typically (6,5) |
| IRISHTIMES | You're looking at it at 8am in Dublin and 9am in Galway (5,5) |
| TIERCE | The third canonical hour, around 9am; one-third of a pipe of wine; or, a fencer's third parrying position (6) |
| DOGGYBAG | Child's pet name for the chips - of course, it's essential for any takeaway (5,3) |
| BUNNY | What 17th Century term of endearment for a woman or child became a pet name for a rabbit? (5) |
