| FILTER | Riddle's a trifle convoluted (6) |
| TEASER | A prankster, ribber, tantaliser or taunter; a brain-twister, mind-bender, poser, puzzle or other riddle; a jaeger; a cryptic advertisement designed to entice or titillate; or, a wool-comber (6) |
| PIIIIG | ANSWER TO RIDDLE: "A ___" |
| ALICEINWONDERLAND | Irrational and inane riddle a clown composed |
| BAUBLE | Word for a child's toy; a gewgaw; a jester's baton; a piece of childish fooling; a plaything; tinsel; a trifle; a trinket; or, a shiny ornament to hang on one's Christmas conifer (6) |
| PICNIC | Word, roughly translating as "peck or nibble at a meal" or "a trifle to eat", for an alfresco meal, a packed lunch or a shared feast in the country (6) |
| SPONGE | Light variety of cake used for a Victoria sandwich or a trifle (6) |
| MYSELF | This setter's a trifle sympathetic, a bit upset (6) |
| BISECT | Split a trifle with dry inside (6) |
| FIDDLE | Instrument can be obtained for a trifle (6) |
| LITTLE | A trifle like Jack Horner (6) |
| TOYOTA | Car's a trifle old, reaching junction in reverse (6) |
| TRIPLE | Goes from loud to quiet in a trifle, times three (6) |
| MEREST | Adjective for a trifle |
| LATOYA | One of the Jacksons a trifle confined by Los Angeles (2,4) |
| WHIMWHAM | From reduplication and "to let the eyes wander", a word for a trinket; a ridiculous notion; an odd device; a sudden fancy or caprice; or, an 18th-century version of a trifle (4-4) |
| SONG | Musical composition for voices such as an aria, carol, lullaby or sea shanty; melodious vocalisation of a bird; a poem; a fuss; or, a trifle (4) |
| WHIM | From a word for a trifle, trinket or an odd ridiculous notion, a term for a caprice or sudden passing fancy (4) |
| CREAM | Devoured by a scone fancier, stolen by a blue tit, filling a "naughty but nice" bun or layered on a trifle's top, it is an unctuous churned dairy food synonymous with the best, choice, elite or finest |
| ADOLFHITLER | Hold a trifle for a dictator (5,6) |
