| FALSEPRETENCES | Crook fleeces parents with deception (5,9) |
| FELON | Crook fleeces exec at first, taking half of capital (5) |
| TERRORSTRICKEN | Petrified, X covers up mistakes with deception (6-8) |
| THEINVISIBLEKID | 1988 movie for parents with troublesome offspring? |
| ORPHAN | Gets left behind by parents with Oliver (6) |
| OLDS | Your technologically clueless parents, with "the" |
| PANORAMA | Nora is surrounded by parents with one view (8) |
| ADDISON | Essayist's advice to parents with daughters only, so far? |
| OMEN | Boy brings grief to adoptive parents, with The |
| OLDSMOBILE | Aussie parents with a baby's hanging toy (10) |
| NOHOLDSBARRED | Uncompromising Japanese drama on parents with bands (2,5,6) |
| POPSTAR | Parents with pitch get a famous singer (3,4) |
| ZOO | What parents with toddlers might compare their household to |
| BELIEVER | Faithful person has to live with deception, endlessly jolly (8) |
| BETRAYAL | Barely at conflict with deception |
| SMOKEANDMIRRORS | Maybe Havana newspapers hold with deception ... |
| CONTROL | Rule with deception leading to turmoil regularly |
| FIRSTFIDDLE | Leading player instructed to begin with deception? (5,6) |
| DEFRAUD | Illegally obtain money, with deception (7) |
| CONFLICTS | Struggles with deception, gets caught in slips (9) |
