| BEGAT | Was father-to-be with return ticket (5) |
| SIRED | Was father to, is up to, communist (5) |
| PATER | Walter took father to be a writer (5) |
| ETHAN | He plays worried father-to-be Tane Parata in Home and Away (5,6) |
| SITAR | With return of the artist, takes a seat with the instrument (5) |
| PATIO | Father to be given tea at ten by the looks of it, in the back garden, maybe |
| TAPER | Flarepath lit up with return of candle (5) |
| ELATE | Delight with return of online story? (5) |
| TIDAL | Rising and falling with return of boy and Italian (5) |
| RISKS | Takes chances with return of Irish king on board (5) |
| NEHRU | P.M. who was father of another P.M. |
| TEMPI | Satisfied with return journey - very good speeds |
| CRETE | Diameter credited with return of Greek island |
| SODAS | Drinks as used with return parties |
| DERISION | No one was father to upset - such a mockery! (8) |
| ZEBEDEE | Fisherman who was father to the apostles James and John (7) |
| RONNIE | ___ Bailey, briefly thought he was father to his nephew Michael in Corrie (6) |
| BENCARTWRIGHT | In a 1960s-70s TV series, who was father to Adam, Hoss and Little Joe? (3,10) |
| GEORGE | First name of the young Founding Father-to-be who was fabled to have felled a cherry tree |
| ROUNDTRIP | Fall over after a serving of drinks to all present with a return ticket (5,4) |
