| BABESINTHEWOOD | Traditional children's tale of two children abandoned in a forest (5,2,3,4) |
| SPYRI | Author of the much-loved children's tale of Heidi, the little Swiss maid; Johanna ... |
| HANSELANDGRETEL | ... has learnt legend about children abandoned in forest |
| ROAMINGCHARGES | When abroad, you may find these dear children abandoned by nanny? |
| OLDMANOFTHESEA | Unwanted burden, a loathsome fiend I abandoned in a panic (3,3,2,3,3) |
| LIGHTHEARTEDLY | Earthly delight abandoned in a carefree way (5,9) |
| OFTHESHREW | Henry James novella in which a ghost story is told from the viewpoint of a young governess, who is put in charge of taking care of two children (3,4,2,3,5) |
| THETURN | Henry James novella in which a ghost story is told from the viewpoint of a young governess, who is put in charge of taking care of two children (3,4,2,3,5) |
| INTHE | Babes - - Wood; a traditional children's tale; or, a 1990s sitcom with Karl Howman and Denise van Outen (2,3) |
| BABES | Traditional children's tale and popular pantomime, ... In The Wood (5) |
| THATCH | First of two children could give you a shock |
| TWIN | Which is one of two children brought forth at a birth (4) |
| NOMORE | And 27 Ruth Rendell novel concerning the kidnapping of two children (2,4,5,4) |
| ELDER | Like the firstborn of two children |
| PUNCH | Husband of Judy in a traditional children's puppet show (5) |
| IDIOM | Find big room oddly abandoned in a manner of speaking (5) |
| PARLANCE | Care plan abandoned in a manner of speaking (8) |
| GOODYTWOSHOES | Nickname of the orphan girl Margery Meanwell, protagonist of a children's tale first recorded by English publisher John Newbery in 1765 (5,3-5) |
| LIZZIE | Girl/woman's name associated with a profusely blooming "busy" plant and also Penelope of Little Hemlock, in a children's tale by Helen Cresswell (6) |
| NUTS | ____ In May, a traditional children's singing game (4) |
