| MATELOT | Jack's with his friend a good deal (7) |
| KNAVES | Jack's with board member on the way to school (6) |
| SOUTHEY | Robert -; one of the three main Lake Poets, along with his friends Coleridge and Wordsworth (7) |
| ANIMATE | A way to give life to confused Ian and his friend (7) |
| DOGSTAR | Follows Jack with a night-light! (7) |
| KENNETH | Forename of the author who modelled his character Ratty on his friend Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (7) |
| ROLAND | One of Charlemagne's paladins with his friend Oliver; a hero whose tale is told in a chanson de geste (6) |
| PAISANO | Lacking aspiration, Hispano-American unsettled his friend (7) |
| HORATIO | His friend has Hamlet's first speech abridged (7) |
| MASTERS | Casualty nurse devastated by the death of his friend Nate (5,7) |
| JERKINS | Are they worn on the rinks, Jack, with note? (7) |
| JITTERY | Jack with it, defective tyre, is nervous (7) |
| TRIGGER | Trotter's first fiddle over 25 nets £1,000 for his friend? (7) |
| KILLJOY | Extremely kindly, wrapping ailing Jack with old wet blanket |
| JOTDOWN | Jack with Dot now getting agitated has to write hurriedly (3,4) |
| JOYCEAN | Jack with years surrounded by sea using inventive language? |
| ERNIE | Seen on Sesame Street with his friend Bert |
| RASCALLY | Scoundrel is crashing cars with his friend! (8) |
| MANET | Painter Edouard sometimes confused with his friend and colleague Claude |
| APPAL | How it will horrify us if pa returns with his friend (5) |
