| DANELAW | Possibly a lad new in England, formerly |
| OAKAPPLE | --- Day, May 29 in England, formerly a holiday commemorating the restoration of the monarchy (3,5) |
| WATTLEANDDAUB | Building material got from lad: new, but a tad suspect |
| SHERWOOD | Ancient forest in central England formerly a royal hunting ground and famous as the home of Robin Ho |
| JOCKEY | A pet form of a generic name for a lad, ordinary man or underling that came to mean a mounted courier, horse-dealer and later an equestrian "pilot" such as a steeplechaser (6) |
| UNDULATES | Waves to a lad in a ute out in the sun (9) |
| LAKECHAD | Heck! A lad is in trouble in the water (4,4) |
| CALEDONIANCANAL | Waterway a lad in a clan once diverted |
| POTATOSALAD | Possibly getting a lad to post a dish (6,5) |
| REASONED | In a rush a lad used logical deduction (8) |
| ALANADALE | Outlaw a lad disturbed in a country road |
| CORNFIELD | The -; referred to by its creator John Constable as The Drinking Boy, a pastoral landscape painting with a depiction of a lad, sheep and collie (9) |
| UNCLAD | You say a lad got so drunk in the Nag's Head in Combeinteignhead he ran around with no clothes on? (6) |
| RADICAL | I want a lad with a car who is a fundamentalist (7) |
| GROOM | Word, from "boy", for a stable hand, often brandishing a currycomb, dandy-brush, hoof pick and strapping pad, also unisexually called a lad (5) |
| ADULT | A bit of a lad ultimately fully grown |
| ANDALUSIA | A lad in USA could come from this Spanish region (9) |
| ASCENDANT | A lad wearing aftershave is going up in the world (9) |
| BOYISHLY | In the manner of a lad (8) |
| SONATAS | Compositions produced by a lad at a gate to Shropshire (7) |
