| Male to speak — inaudibly so? |
MUTTER |
| Mother (informal) |
MUMMY |
| Northern Isles |
ORKNEYS |
| Not openly |
SECRETLY |
| Official count |
CENSUS |
| One's well-preserved parent |
MUMMY |
| Perhaps Miss Piggy is foolish person |
MUPPET |
| Push your luck in tailor's shop? |
try it on |
| Recover in amazing miracle |
RECLAIM |
| Refuse to obey |
DEFY |
| Regular college class |
UNIFORM |
| Revitalise |
RENEW |
| Revive French man and wife |
RENEW |
| River, unknown, producing disease |
POX |
| Second time in bank behind closed doors |
SECRETLY |
| Small extract |
SNIPPET |
| Some hunt for this key |
IVORY |
| Sort of society person |
TYPE |
| Strictly |
by the book |
| Talk indistinctly |
MUTTER |
| This should check population growth |
CENSUS |
| Tricky Dick with nothing to do? |
NIXON |
| Tusk material |
IVORY |
| Unvarying |
UNIFORM |
| Variety |
TYPE |
| Viral affliction |
POX |
| Watchman placed air-gun ad |
GUARDIAN |
| Went downhill in snow deer disturbed |
WORSENED |