| BORROWERS | The - , Mary Norton's children's favourite (9) |
| BORROWER | Any of the tiny people in Mary Norton's children's stories (8) |
| EMOTIONAL | Feeling initially around letter bag, need letters for children's favourite game? (9,9) |
| BLACKMAIL | Feeling initially around letter bag, need letters for children's favourite game? (9,9) |
| THEMEPARK | Children's favourite uncle's last to leave, after the others |
| CLOCK | Fluffy seed head of a dandelion; the name of the diminutive family in Mary Nortons novel The Borrowers; or, an item made by a horologist (5) |
| DRAINS | Underground structures/regions that feature in Mary Norton's The Borrowers Afloat or in the film Flushed Away (6) |
| CLOWN | Krusty the ____, cynical host of the Simpson children's favourite TV show in The Simpsons (5) |
| ROUNDABOUT | More or less the children's favourite at the funfair? (10) |
| MULE | Muffin the ___, old children's favourite (4) |
| ALIBABA | The greatest Abba hit, a children's favourite? |
| RUNAWAYTRAIN | The-- 1925 song by Vernon Dalhart that became a children's favourite (7,5) |
| SALT | Charlie, podium finisher for BSA against the might of the Manx Nortons in the early years of the World 500cc Championship. (4) |
| NODDY | Children's favourite teacher turns up with empty diary (5) |
| SANTA | Children's favourite sometimes said to cruise (5) |
| PAT | Postman ___, children's favourite (3) |
| POOH | Housework mounted for children's favourite |
| CORNETS | Children's favourite musical instruments? (7) |
| POSTMANPAT | With stamp on letters, gentle hit as children's favourite (7,3) |
| JPS | Black & gold cigarette brand that added a touch of classic menace to the rotary Nortons. (3) |
