| MISEDUCATE | Fail as teacher, having caused upset in a little child |
| FARSIGHTED | Wise to moan quietly, having caused a stink about it (3-7) |
| CALIFORNIA | Peeling paint, profit slack, upset, in a state (10) |
| MISSTHECUT | Lack article reduced in size and fail as a golfer? (4,3,3) |
| PROFITLESS | Vain university teacher having no computers installed? |
| DONKEYWORK | Sheer drudgery despite university teacher having answer book (6-4) |
| SINKORSWIM | If you don't succeed, you'll fail - as you may in the pools? (4,2,4) |
| DRAWABLANK | Fail, as Russian roulette player will wish to do? (4,1,5) |
| WILLINGTON | As a volunteer, not getting upset in a Derbyshire village. (10) |
| HOUSEMASTER | Male teacher having charge of a specific group of pupils in a school |
| TOT | A little drink for a little child (3) |
| ORATE | For a teacher having to give a speech (5) |
| ABED | Top-class teacher having a lie-in? |
| INFANTA | A little child with a Spanish princess (7) |
| DISPLAY | A little child is playing in the public exhibition (7) |
| CHARMED | Delighted to see a little child with a gun? (7) |
| PUSHCHAIR | Subtly hush a little child kept by couple in stroller (9) |
| TOTEM | It's a symbol to a little child and me |
| EXCUSED | Exempt former lover from having caused a loss (7) |
| AXILLA | A team completely upset in a sort of depression |
