| SWEETIES | Girl-friends the little boys spend their pocket-money on (8) |
| CHEAPSKATE | Does he buy his girl-friend the worst seat at the ice show? (5,5) |
| SERENADES | Give one's girl-friend the air (9) |
| JACK | English playwright whose TV dramas include Bar Mitzvah Boy, Spend, Spend, Spend and The Knowledge |
| ROSENTHAL | See 26A, English playwright whose TV dramas include Bar Mitzvah Boy, Spend, Spend, Spend and The Knowledge |
| COINS | Dispatch might have "Two" in their pocket? |
| OCCUPIED | Suggests someone in the little boys' room has something on their mind (8) |
| MANDATES | Orders a chap to get himself some girl-friends (8) |
| UNSTEADY | “An ____ nation has no friends. The German people seriously worry me.” (Konrad Adenauer) |
| TASTEBUD | State wrongly, "Friend, the answer may be at the tip of your tongue" (5,3) |
| EXCEPTION | "Everyone delights to spend their summer's holiday; Down beside the side of the silvery sea; I'm no ... to the rule," sang Florrie Forde. "I do love to be beside the seaside" |
| TONICADEBAMBARA | Author who wrote, "The dream is real, my friends. The failure to make it work is the unreality," in "The Salt Eaters" |
| SAVERS | The society leader says they don't spend their money (6) |
| INCONVENIENCE | Bother visiting the little boys' room (13) |
| LANE | There's bound to be the makings of a jumper for the little boy down there, by the way (4) |
| NARAYAN | Indian author of the trilogy comprising Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts and The English Teacher (7) |
| GETBY | "Oh, I ___ ___ with a little help from my friends." - The Beatles |
| SPLITSECOND | Time it took the little boy to finish the banana and icecream? (5,6) |
| JENNIFERANISTON | One of the "Friends: The Reunion" attendees |
| EROS | Her Oscar has caught the little boy with the bow and arrows |
