| TWINGE | Sharp pang one of two children gets? Not half (6) |
| TWITCH | Fool ahead of children gets to quiver (6) |
| WRENCH | Woman previously serving children gets strain (6) |
| TWIN | One of two children born to the same mother at almost the same time (4) |
| CONCH | Charlie supported by children gets mollusc (5) |
| STAB | Sharp pang |
| THROE | Sharp pang |
| NOMORE | And 27 Ruth Rendell novel concerning the kidnapping of two children (2,4,5,4) |
| THATCH | First of two children could give you a shock |
| LESSOR | Landlady gets not as much gold (6) |
| DEGREE | The grilling the post-graduate gets? (5,6) |
| MALAWI | Madonna has adopted two children from which country? (6) |
| HILTON | Socialite who is mum to two children by surrogate (5,6) |
| THROES | Sharp pangs |
| DIKDIK | Small antelope rounded up by two children (3-3) |
| OFTHESHREW | Henry James novella in which a ghost story is told from the viewpoint of a young governess, who is put in charge of taking care of two children (3,4,2,3,5) |
| THETURN | Henry James novella in which a ghost story is told from the viewpoint of a young governess, who is put in charge of taking care of two children (3,4,2,3,5) |
| BABESINTHEWOOD | Traditional children's tale of two children abandoned in a forest (5,2,3,4) |
| ELDER | Like the firstborn of two children |
| ODDS | Price punter gets not even sufficient, initially (4) |
