| BREADWINNER | Family provider - surely not a loafer! (11) |
| PRIVATEARMY | Surely not a military force without officers! (7,4) |
| WINNER | But not a loafer who provides for his family (11) |
| BREAD | But not a loafer who provides for his family (11) |
| SECRETARIES | Surely not clerical assistants for the rank and file! (7,11) |
| STRENUOUSLY | It's surely not us working with great exertion |
| ELASTICBAND | Surely not an orchestra playing at full stretch! (7,4) |
| DRYCLEANERS | Exotic dancer surely not suitable for all Johnsons? |
| BREADWINNERS | As wage earners, they're surely not loafers! (12) |
| SUPPORTINGROLE | Family provider's function? |
| POTATO | Sometimes peeled in a rumbler, a murphy, spud or tattie with a skin described as a jacket, especially when baked; or, slang for a loafer, Lollard or lounger, lazing about in a state of vegetable-like |
| SHOE | Socks son pulled up, the loafer! |
| NEPOTISTS | Family providers? |
| GHOSTTOWN | A spirited community? Surely not! (5,4) |
| PARADISE | A padre is thrown out of here? Surely not? |
| ABERDEEN | Wild deer in a highland location - but surely not in this city? |
| PRIVATE | Surely not clerical assistants for the rank and file! (7,11) |
| TASSEL | Tuft-like ornament with a variety of uses such as a key fob, curtain tie or to decorate a loafer, mortarboard or keffiyeh headdress (6) |
| ODDSHOES | A loafer, a pump and so on |
| OAF | The boofhead is a bit of a loafer |
