| IMPEACHED | Naughty child a head boy accused |
| IMPALE | Lance gives naughty child a drink |
| SELFANALYSIS | What could show small naughty child a way of seeing inside? |
| NIPPER | A carter, a costermonger or a navvy's boy assistant; a chela of a crab or a lobster; a child; a cutpurse or a pickpocket; a creature that bites or pinches; or, one of a pair of cuffs (6) |
| TABERNACLE | Did a head boy, etc, learn about a place of worship (10) |
| BALLROOM | Did a head boy lead everyone to a space to dance (4,4) |
| TRIBAL | Was a head boy caught up in a court case? It's in the family ... (6) |
| NOBBLE | A peer took on a head boy to win one over (6) |
| EATEN | Was defeated without a head boy, so was consumed (5) |
| ABSTAIN | Don't get involved in slur on a head boy (7) |
| ABSENT | After a head boy was transferred he became quite preoccupied (6) |
| BLITHE | After a head boy left it, he was quite cheerful (6) |
| PERSONALLY | A head boy is attached to friend in my book (10) |
| FEEDER | Container filled with nuts or seeds for garden birds; a bib/bottle for a baby or a child; a tributary stream; or, a railway branch linking outlying areas to the trunk line (6) |
| PET | A word for a fondly indulged or spoilt child; a domesticated or tamed animal, treated like such a favourite; or, a huff, sulk or fit of ill-humour (3) |
| CAPTAIN | Team leader in games or sports; a ship's skipper; or, a type of head boy/girl in charge of their house (7) |
| TOTEM | Symbolically, it gives a child a bit of a problem |
| LEAD | Head boy securing a point (4) |
| BRAT | Head boy to inform on child behaving badly (4) |
| BILL | Head boy had a long list at invoice (4) |
