| MONOMANIA | Working Asian enthralled by mother's obsession |
| SANDMASON | Worm accompanied by mother's embraced by child |
| MAXIMUM | At most, a team surrounded by mothers |
| ANTENATAL | Course attended by mothers-to-be, ... classes |
| PREMIUMS | They need to be paid for one held by mothers-to-be? (8) |
| ENCOMIUMS | English officer, one overwhelmed by mother's praises (9) |
| MAR | Drinker finally overcome by mother's ruin |
| MASCARA | A blemish concealed by mother's cosmetic (7) |
| MEDIUMS | Die tragically, caught up by Mother's spiritualists (7) |
| DREAM | Soldiers trapped by mother's ambition (5) |
| MASQUER | Entertainer in Paris that's restricted by mother's resistance |
| DOGMA | Boxer maybe supported by mother's belief |
| AROMA | Old artist taken aback by mother's distinctive fragrance (5) |
| MASCOTS | Caledonian taken in by mother's charms (7) |
| SIGMA | Soldier's taken aback by mother's letter (5) |
| MAGNESIUM | Element identified by girl, one kept by mother (9) |
| CADE | Animal raised by humans, abandoned by mother |
| THESOUNDOFPHILADELPHIA | Usually abbreviated, a 1974 single by Mother, Father, Sister, Brother, with vocals by The Three Degrees |
| MAINSTAY | Chief support given by mother at home by small Scottish river (8) |
| MAGNUM | Lot of bottle shown by Agnes, two ways gone, held by Mother (6) |
