| COMEHOME | What the Prodigal Son could do to show up The House (4,4) |
| HOMECOMING | What The Prodigal Son might be looking for in accommodation is imminent (10) |
| RETURNTOTHEFOLD | What the prodigal son might do in 8 across for Count - that man from 24 across? (6,2,3,4) |
| DEFAULTER | He fails to show up the detect in the return pipe |
| BURGLARY | What the Garda Commissioner might be aware of holds up The House (8) |
| SIGHTSAW | What tourist did to show sadness over endless rubbish piled up |
| PARABLES | "The Prodigal Son" and others |
| CONTRAST | Show up the difference one can't sort out (8) |
| OBSCURES | Doesn't show up the stink created by individual getting top-secret treatments (8) |
| PRODIGAL | Lavish as a returning son could be (8) |
| HITIT | "Start the music!" ... or what one could do to the finish of the answer to each starred clue |
| HOMEWARDBOUND | Describes the destiny of the Prodigal Son to Medical Examiner taken in by Howard Spring (8-5) |
| FATTEDCALF | A symbol of festive celebration and rejoicing, deriving from the parable of the Prodigal Son in the New Testament (6,4) |
| RETURNFARE | Fatted calf was just the ticket for the prodigal son (6,4) |
| ROUAULT | Which French expressionist created the designs for Diaghilev's ballet The Prodigal Son (1929) |
| PARABLE | Moral tale, such as the story of the prodigal son (7) |
| BULLBULLOFJESUS | "The Good Samaritan" and "The Prodigal Son," for example |
| LUKE | Gospel that includes the parable of the Prodigal Son |
| HOLDCOURT | What those on the bench could do to be the centre of attention? (4,5) |
| SEEEYETOEYE | What pupils do to show agreement (3,3,2,3)WASTWOSTARS12 and 22Ac. Maintaining respectability by continuing to do stage work (7,2,11) |
