| TODDLER | Young child who is getting the hang of walking, just like Coronation Street's Bertie (7) |
| SUSPENSION | You have to get the hang of walking on it (10,6) |
| BRIDGE | You have to get the hang of walking on it (10,6) |
| ATHEEL | Walking just behind its owner |
| DESK | Office furniture like Coronation Street's Adam Barlow works behind (4) |
| TWINS | Simultaneous siblings, like Coronation Street's Steve McDonald and his Spainbased brother Andy (5) |
| NERD | Studious and clever person, like Coronation Street youngster 45A perhaps (4) |
| TUESDAY | Time of birth of a child who is "full of grace", according to the folk rhyme (7) |
| OPENING | Frank in middle age is getting the show off the ground (7) |
| TASTING | Thanks to sharp attack of pain, is getting the flavour (7) |
| BEYONCE | Former member of Destiny's Child who is known for her solo hits like Irreplaceable and Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It) |
| OLDLADY | Wife or mother? Female who is getting on a bit! (3,4) |
| MATILDA | Fictional precocious child who is mistreated by Miss Trunchbull (7) |
| HANDFUL | Child who is difficult to control (7) |
| BADSEED | Child who is wicked from day one: 2 wds. |
| ADOPTEE | Child who is to be taken in |
| TRAPEZE | It's an occupation with its ups and downs, once you get the hang of it (7) |
| LYNCHES | Brooklyn, Chesapeake and Chicago are partly when you get the hang of them (7) |
| EARLOBE | Will get the hang of pretty things ahead (7) |
| HAMMOCK | Where you can get the hang of sleeping (7) |
