| HANDMAID | Servant, along with mother, took cover outside |
| MAKEDO | Get along with mother from Kildare at shindig |
| MANHANDLED | New worker mother took round is treated roughly (10) |
| NATURE | Mother took a turn, going all wobbly at one point |
| MASHED | Beaten mother took off (6) |
| ADAMSWINE | Water a mother took to porkers (5,4) |
| MODICUM | . . . mother took overdose when in charge of small amount (7) |
| SHELTERED | Took cover when protected from outside influences |
| HUMID | Took cover with hesitation inside, being close |
| LIVID | Wild woman takes cover outside (5) |
| BICARB | Raising agent's protective cover outside vehicle |
| CASCADING | Rat finding protective cover outside - it's pouring down! |
| LITTLEEND | Cover, outside dry shelter, new part of connecting rod (6,3) |
| TRIDENT | Throw away canvas cover outside pronged spear (7) |
| LIMPID | Clear one politician taking cover outside (6) |
| LAID | Placed a cover outside |
| LIKEMAD | Cover outside, make out fast (4,3) |
| LIPID | Fat Greek character takes cover outside |
| SANTACLAUS | "I stopped believing in ____ when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." (Shirley Temple) |
| THERE | The harebells scattered before storm hit coasts, then mother took up post at beginning of Scotland Act (5,5,2,1,8,10) |
