| LOOKSON | See the boy who watches without getting involved (5,2) |
| BYTHESKINOFONESTEETH | Just think, see, the boy's often wrong (2,3,4,2,4,5) |
| NODSTHROUGH | Watches without alertness, perhaps, but does OK |
| LURKS | Merely watches without saying a word |
| SENATOR | Worker who watches bills hit the floor? |
| HARRIES | Pesters the boys who are namesakes (7) |
| GOOFOFF | Inactive person who watches a lot of television |
| SPOTTER | One who watches for trains, etc. (7) |
| RANCHER | Someone who watches his head? |
| REFEREE | Person who watches a sports game to ensure rules are followed (7) |
| THERING | 2002 Naomi Watts hit about a cursed videotape that kills anyone who watches it |
| AESOP | 'The Phrygian has spoken better than all,' the King of Lydia is supposed to have remarked of this Greek slave born around 620BC who put together stories like The Hare And The Tortoise and The Boy Who |
| FELLOWTRAVELLER | Without getting involved, sympathises with the party guy taking Rover (6,9) |
| SPECTATOR | One who looks on, without getting involved in weekly publication (9) |
| LOOKON | Watch without getting involved (4,2) |
| HOLDTHERING | What best man will do to monitor a dispute without getting involved in it? (4,3,4) |
| SATBY | Watched without getting involved |
| HILL | Author of The Woman in Black and short story collection The Boy Who Taught the Beekeeper to Read (4) |
| MALAWI | African country where the 2019 drama "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" is set |
| BASIL | The boy who flavours the pesto (5) |
