| ETONMESS | Pudding of crushed meringue, strawberries and cream, named after the school for boys where its is said to have originated (4,4) |
| IBIZA | Island in the Balearics whose highest point is Sa Talaiassa (5) |
| GANACHE | Glaze, icing, sauce or filling for pastries made from chocolate and cream, named from the French word for "jowl" |
| BACKPAGES | Support errand boys where the sport is (4,5) |
| ETON | "River-town" in Berkshire whose name is given to a boys' school, a collar, a cropped hairstyle, a game of fives, a jacket and a mess of crushed meringue and strawberries (4) |
| PEACHMELBA | A dessert of a halved fruit and ice cream named after an Australian soprano (5,5) |
| KLONDIKEBAR | Ice cream named after a Canadian river |
| MODERATION | Have one's share after a fashion, it's is not excessive (10) |
| TARDY | Arriving after the school bell |
| SAT | First day after the school week usually: Abbr. |
| OVAL | A ball-boy where cricket is being played! (4) |
| DIDTHE | Fall Out Boy "Where ___ Party Go" |
| OLDBAILEY | Criminal allied with boy where justice sought (3,6) |
| WOLSEY | Orchestrator of the Field of the Cloth of Gold and inventor of the combination of strawberries and cream who was Henry VIII's chief adviser, often called "alter rex" (6) |
| SHORTCAKE | One of the names for a rich buttery finger biscuit or "petticoat-tail"; or, a layered dessert filled with strawberries and cream (9) |
| MESS | Dessert of whipped cream mixed with crushed meringue and fruit, usually strawberries (4,4) |
| MAJOR | Word appended to the surname of the senior of two brothers at the same school for boys; or, a rank above captain (5) |
| SERVING | Delivery and helping of strawberries and cream at Wimbledon ? (7) |
| MOLIERE | Pen name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, the French dramatist who wrote Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, The School for Wives and The Bourgeois Gentleman (7) |
| HUGHES | Author of Tom Brown's School Days, a novel set at the Rugby School for boys that was adapted into a television film with Alex Pettyfer and Stephen Fry (6) |
