| SCARECROW | Object that frightens birds and carer's cow, possibly (9) |
| CARPETSWEEPERS | Cleaners and carers holding babies, shed tears (6-8) |
| LIMOUSINE | French cow, possibly, standing by back of large car |
| ALDERNEY | Cow possibly turned up Japanese coin under tree |
| GOATHERDS | Pastoral carers see stings around the side (9) |
| NURTURERS | Parents, carers (9) |
| NURSEMAID | Carer's surname mistakenly given to papers (9) |
| EUROCRATS | Powerful Union officials throwing carers out |
| HOMEHELPS | Carers from hospital composed poems about Hades mostly (4,5) |
| DRIVEHOME | Underline campaign over place for carers? (5,4) |
| COLDHANDS | Set off the alarm! NHS ward doc, because carers have no gloves? (4,5,4,5) |
| WARMHEART | "Set off the alarm!" -NHS ward doc, because carers have no gloves? (4,5,4,5) |
| SHEPHERDS | Animal carers |
| INARREARS | A carer's caught out in reforms about rent initially getting behind with payments (2,7) |
| SCARES | It's the sort of caress that frightens me! (6) |
| BOGEYMAN | Being that frightens children (8) |
| SCARECROWS | Figures set up to frighten birds (10) |
| SHOO | Show no end, nothing more, to frighten birds away (4) |
| STRAWMAN | Effigy placed in fields used to frighten birds (8) |
| LEXICOGRAPHERS | E.g. Johnson and Webster go and help carers upset about 11 (14) |
