| PAEDIATRICIAN | Specialist in children and their diseases |
| SSPE | A rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults. |
| LEGIONNAIRES | Foreign army men and their disease (12) |
| UNICEF | Which organisation was formed in 1946 to improve the health and education of children and their mothers? (6) |
| CHARMS | Delights of small children and their embracers? (6) |
| INTOW | Following, as children and their mother |
| CROUP | Inflammatory condition of the larynx in children, causing coughs and difficulty in breathing (5) |
| MATT | _ Baker, participated in Children In Need's Rickshaw Challenge (4) |
| MARLEEMATLIN | Actress in "Children of a Lesser God" and "CODA" |
| DISSUADE | Stop close to road and, if empty, put in children |
| FLUORIDE | A chemical compound added to drinking water supplies and toothpaste to prevent tooth decay in children |
| HFMD | A fast-spreading disease in children under 5 that causes mouth sores and a skin rash (4) |
| ASPERGER | Austrian paediatrician who in 1944 identified an autism disorder in children he was studying (8) |
| SCARLATINA | Infectious disease in children, characterised by fever and a red rash (10) |
| IMPETIGO | A very contagious infection of the skin; common in children; localized redness develops blisters that gradually crust and erode (8) |
| MATLIN | Marlee __, Best Actress winner in "Children of a Lesser God" |
| SEAWEED | Main plant producing wonder in children (7) |
| MUMPS | Acute viral disease, often in children (5) |
| MEASLES | Contagious disease in children (7) |
| TOOTS | Seeing nothing in children, but he had a Nipper |
