| SEASERPENT | See parents changing - from the water it's a horrific thing! |
| DRINK | Offered at a bar, toasted with, and what a parched sponge does with water, it's a synonym of absorb, beverage, liquor, sip or tipple (5) |
| ENTRAP | Catch parent changing the arrangement (6) |
| AQUATIC | Of the water, its animals, its sports (7) |
| ELEVEN | How many days did Britain lose in 1752 on changing from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar? (6) |
| ENTAIL | Occasion everyone needs to attend - it's life-changing, from the outset |
| DEVIATING | Changing from the usual way (9) |
| FIREBOAT | Vessel that pumps the water it's floating in |
| SHOWER | In the water it's revealing ..... (6) |
| HYDROFOIL | Device that raises a boat's hull from the water as its speed increases (9) |
| SOFTEN | Remove the lime from the water and decrease the volume (6) |
| EUTROPHICATION | The process of a lake changing from clean condition to waste-filled condition (14) |
| YODLE | Sing by suddenly changing from a natural voice to a falsetto and back. (5) |
| THAWING | Changing from a solid to a liquid by warming |
| NIGHTMARE | Reported man of rank mounted is a horrific experience (9) |
| ORDEAL | For eccentric, older, a horrific experience (6) |
| SOHAM | Cambridgeshire location of a horrific munitions train explosion in 1944 (5) |
| LYDIA | Victim of a horrific assault by her ex Craig Reed in Emmerdale (5,6) |
| DINGLE | Victim of a horrific assault by her ex Craig Reed in Emmerdale (5,6) |
| MONSTER | No terms could describe a horrific prodigy (7) |
