| WARTS | Straw returned produces abnormal growth which is often blamed on the contact with frogs (5) |
| THANKSOBAMA | Meme in which life's inconveniences are blamed on the forty-fourth President |
| EMOTION | Something charged after book is returned produces a reaction |
| BATRACHIA | Flying mammal takes a chair hopping with frogs, toads etc (9) |
| ELNINO | Pacific weather feature often blamed for floods, droughts and heat waves (2,4) |
| COW | Animal often blamed for an 1871 Chicago fire |
| GENIAL | ... favouring growth, which could be one 15 (6) |
| COCO | Two businesses showing growth, which will bear fruit (4) |
| BUD | Growth which develops into a leaf, flower or shoot (3) |
| STEEL | The Alfasud's notorious rust was blamed on inferior Russian what? (5) |
| POLYP | A small, abnormal growth on a surface inside the body (5) |
| TOUCH | The contact man should keep in this (5) |
| BREAD | ---of Heaven, name commonly given to Cwm Rhondda, which is often sung at Wales matches (5) |
| CONTE | Hard crayon used by artists which is often coloured a reddish-brown (5) |
| HORSE | Arab with frog in throat on radio? |
| TUMOR | Abnormal growth in the body (in the US) |
| MOIRA | Fate which is often said to accompany pretentious artist |
| ALLAN | Poe's middle name, which is often misspelled |
| TRAWL | Fish with large abnormal growth thrown back |
| LAMBDA | The 11th letter of the Greek alphabet which is often associated with LGBT+ communities |
