| UMBILICAL | ____ cord, one connecting a baby to the mother's placenta (9) |
| KNUCKLE | A joint of a finger, especially the one connecting a finger to the hand (7) |
| PIGGYBACKS | Soon after birth the baby clings to the mothers underside and later ___ on her back |
| SUMMER | ___ Spellman, wanted to sell her baby to the Hargraves in Coronation Street (6) |
| STANDPIPE | This spade pint is a vertical water supply conduit, connecting a tap to the mains! (9) |
| EMANATION | Closer to the mother country in flow (9) |
| BANDICOOT | This group of mouse-sized marsupials have both a pouch and a placenta. |
| OESTROGEN | Steroid hormone secreted chiefly by the ovaries and placenta (9) |
| ENDPAPERS | Leaves connecting a book's covers to its first and last pages |
| BERCEUSE | From the French for "to rock", a cradle-song, hushaby or lullaby with which to gently sway a baby to sleep; or, a musical composition, such as Chopin's famous Op 57 soother, suggestive of such a baloo |
| UMBILICALCORD | Tubelike structure connecting a foetus with the placenta (9,4) |
| ACHILLES | -------- tendon, the one connecting the heel with the calf muscles (8) |
| PLUG | Seedling grown in a tray; device connecting a flex to a wall socket; a good word; or, a bung for a basin (4) |
| AFTERBIRTH | The placenta and fetal membranes expelled from the uterus following delivery of a baby |
| CORD | Long flexible tube connecting an unborn baby with the placenta (9,4) |
| ROPE | Describing a length of thick cord, one of the oldest English words, recorded as early as 725 AD (4) |
| ASTRINGE | Compact aeroplane wings held together by cord, one of the anagrams (8) |
| STRING | Cord, one of which is pulled to gain influence (6) |
| MARITAL | About marriage being a terrible trial to the mother (7) |
| HAILMARY | A prayer to the mother of Jesus Christ used mainly by Catholics (4,4) |
