| ALANNAH | Sugar perhaps? No, for my child |
| CUBES | Shapes of lumps of sugar, perhaps? |
| BERRY | Chuck who said "rock is my child and my grandfather" |
| APPENDECTOMY | In Yorkshire perhaps no hospital available a month before my operation |
| FLATSEASON | Boring summer perhaps, no time for jumpers? (4,6) |
| SONGS | Hymns, perhaps: no good in plea for help |
| IRONING | Inviting mockery, perhaps, no good for Charlie’s evening out! |
| LIQUIDATE | Laid quiet perhaps? No, it's actually murder |
| RUMBLE | Thunder, perhaps? No good to complain (6) |
| LINGERS | After fifty, resign perhaps? No - hangs on! (7) |
| EVASION | Illegal dodging of taxes perhaps? No, I save up (7) |
| ALARM | Frighten grandfather perhaps? No, this one is smaller (5,5) |
| CLOCK | Frighten grandfather perhaps? No, this one is smaller (5,5) |
| SPOONERISM | Refrain from free rein, perhaps? No promises, sadly (10) |
| ROSIN | Amber perhaps? No sir! (5) |
| SINGER | Vocalist from Tangiers perhaps? No thanks (6) |
| ALL | "And thou art ___ my child": Shak. |
| MONSOON | In Paris, my child inhales oxygen, producing wind (7) |
| PARSON | The usual "My child", which denotes the ecclesiastic (6) |
| LOOKSON | Observe! My child watches (5,2) |
