| POLYGAMY | Different types of family planning perhaps for someone with lots of mates (8) |
| STOPES | Marie _, English pioneer in the field of family planning (6) |
| WAIVE | Abandon a lot of mates outside America (5) |
| INSIDER | Fashionable rides, perhaps, for someone in the know (7) |
| AUCTIONEER | Someone with lots to offer recreating ace routine (10) |
| NAMETAGS | Means of identifying different types of horses including tips for Musselburgh, Epsom, Taunton, Ascot (4,4) |
| MISHMASH | A confused mixture of different types of things (8) |
| CHARGERS | Different types of them are associated with each starred answer |
| EMPORIUM | English politician, one in old strange shop that sells many different types of goods (8) |
| CRUSADES | America invested in different types of sacred and holy wars (8) |
| NOAHSARK | Rescue craft with no shortage of mates (5,3) |
| BIGAMIST | He has a couple of mates (8) |
| XENOLITH | A different type of rock found in rock (8) |
| ADOPTION | Nowadays, a choice in family planning (8) |
| ONECHILD | Controversial family planning policy introduced to China in 1979 (3,5) |
| CRUTCHES | Aids for someone with a foot injury (8) |
| TAXATION | Categorised groups into different types of duty |
| SERAGLIO | Group of mates round after lager is drunk |
| FELLOVER | Lost balance and suffered briefly, needing support of mate |
| GOGETTER | He calls for someone with ambition (2-6) |