| INNINGS | Cricketer's period at the crease (7) |
| BEGINNINGS | Request batter's period at the crease starts (10) |
| REGENCY | Period at the end of the Georgian era, when King George III was deemed unfit to rule, as in the daylily cultivars '___ Heights' and '___ Dandy' (7) |
| SUNDOWN | Period at the end of the day (7) |
| EVENING | Period at the end of the day but before bed (7) |
| BIGTIME | Long period at the top of eg show business |
| ROPEDIN | Persuaded to join for a fresh period at the end of autumn (5,2) |
| DECIMALPOINT | Period at the end of the year when mail distributed on the spot (7,5) |
| EOLITHIC | Denoting a period at the start of the Stone Age, characterised by the earliest stone tools (8) |
| RUSHHOUR | Period at the beginning or end of the working day when the traffic is heavy (4,4) |
| YEARN | Long period at the middle of the month (5) |
| RENAISSANCE | Period at the end of the Middle Ages |
| TIMETOREFLECT | Opportunity to change one's mind with period at The Mirror (4,2,7) |
| STOPPAGETIME | Extra playing period at the end of a game |
| LORDSDAY | Rest period, at the test match? |
| HALFTIME | Period at the middle of a game (4,4) |
| COURTSHIP | Romantic period at the beginning of a relationship (9) |
| NOVEMBER | Time period at the heart of Romeo and Juliet? (8) |
| MATHIEU | French midfielder whose two spells at Arsenal sandwiched a five-year period at AC Milan (7,7) |
| FLAMINI | French midfielder whose two spells at Arsenal sandwiched a five-year period at AC Milan (7,7) |
