| BRUNET | The old symbol in British Telecom for a brown-headed boy (6) |
| BEREFT | Deprived by death of free distribution in British Telecom (6) |
| LEXICON | Student finds old symbol in book (7) |
| COWBIRDS | Orioles' brown-headed cousins |
| COWBIRD | Brown-headed nest appropriator |
| BOOHAY | This hot-headed boy lives in the middle of our road, about a mile from Kingswear (6) |
| HOWNOW | Question for a brown cow? |
| GORUNE | Old symbol that means "depart" |
| SPARROW | Hedge -; common name for a brown bird in the accentor family properly termed a dunnock (7) |
| MURID | Zoological name for a brown rat, house mouse or related gnawing rodent that, despite being diminutive, light, slight and timorous with a tiny bite, is likely to give a suriphobe a fright (5) |
| ORANGERY | Empty-headed boy hides Rover in the greenhouse (8) |
| TEACOSY | A snug woolly hat for a Brown Betty or other short and stout pot (3,4) |
| MAUREENLIPMAN | Actress who played Beatrice Bellman in a series of British Telecom advertisements |
| BELLMAN | Beatrice ___ , fictitious character played by Maureen Lipman in TV adverts for British Telecom |
| BIC | Pen company whose logo includes a ball-headed boy |
| TWITE | Name, thought imitative of its note, for a brown linnet-like bird with a pale-pinkish rump, whose Latin epithet, Linaria flavirostris, means yellow-billed linen weaver (5) |
| APPROXIMATE | Rough map pirate unfolded containing old symbol for treasure location (11) |
| DEBT | The outstanding payment of French British Telecom (4) |
| TOBY | Tow-headed boy, perhaps in jug (4) |
| TROUT | Food for a brown bear |
