| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| WETNURSE | Mother's stand-in |
| MATERS | Mothers, in Nottingham |
| MADRES | Mothers, in Madrid |
| MERES | Mothers, in Marseilles |
| AMAH | Mother's helper in Madras |
| EWES | Mothers in woolly cotes |
| SOWS | Mothers in the pen? |
| EVEARDEN | "The Mothers-in-Law" star |
| KAYEBALLARD | "The Mothers-in-Law" co-star |
| COMBATBOOTS | What some mothers wear, in an epithet |
| ALICEWALKER | "In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" author |
| USO | "Met our mothers in the ..." (lyric from Billy Joel's "Allentown") |
| LAOTSE | According to legend, he spent decades in his mother's womb and emerged with a gray beard |
