| FORESTERS | Those looking after Holly and Hazel by supporting Esther's report (9) |
| NUTPECKER | Bird that gets Hazel by the nose (9) |
| TREES | Holly and Hazel are for the birds! (5) |
| GOATHERDS | Great dosh arranged for those looking after some kids? (9) |
| FITZROVIA | English avoiding nothing by supporting suitable area of London (9) |
| NANNYGOAT | One of those looking after the kids got a shock from Billy's mate (5,4) |
| TREESURGEONS | They look after Holly and Laurel in Cyprus it's said, for those working in The Theatre (4,8) |
| DEER | Animals running after Holly and Ivy (4) |
| EVERGREEN | Like the holly and the ivy (9) |
| MAYBEBABY | 1958 song by Buddy Holly & The Crickets (5,4) |
| BIGBOPPER | The _ _, American musician who died alongside Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in a 1959 plane crash (3,6) |
| HORSEMAN | No harems organised by one of those looking after Arabians (8) |
| TROUTFARMS | It's an intensive business for those into Rainbow taking first flight with those looking after The A |
| NURSINGHOMES | Sounds like residencies for The Three Sisters and those looking after the welfare of Old Vic, among others (7,5) |
| CATKIN | Downy spike of small flowers produced by trees such as the willow and hazel, pollinated by the wind (6) |
| TRAINERS | Surprisingly, Sartre in with those looking after the horses (8) |
| CRANIA | Ran inside intelligence agency for those looking after brains (6) |
| GROOMS | Good accommodation for those looking after horses |
| CARERS | Those looking after the aged, incapacitated etc (6) |
| REHASH | Cover old ground around those looking after safety for that woman (6) |
