| PENDULUM | Writer, mostly boring, with hesitation producing part of clock |
| MOMENTUM | Short time with hesitation producing force of motion (8) |
| CHORDARE | Grouping of animals: mostly boring task with statistics (8) |
| SAVEFACE | Rescue part of clock and avoid humiliation (4,4) |
| FLYDRILL | Pilot instruction could be boring with momentum wheel (3,5) |
| SCRIABIN | Composer and writer mostly keeping a home |
| SUSPENSE | The Guardian writers mostly set without expectation (8) |
| OPIUM | Head of organisation, quiet one, with hesitation producing drug (5) |
| STAMEN | Pollen-producing part of a flower, consisting of anther and filament |
| CHAPTER | Cathedral staff producing part of a book |
| SPOKE | Gave talk, producing part of wheel |
| ANTHER | The pollen-producing part of a stamen |
| EXAM | Academic challenge producing part of the Sussex amphitheatre (4) |
| REED | Plant producing part of a musical instrument ... |
| FRUIT | Seed-producing part of a plant |
| PHRASE | Sherpa clumsily producing part of sentence (6) |
| ANTHERS | Pollen-producing parts of stamens (7) |
| LUMPSUM | Consequences of assault, perhaps, with some hesitation, producing single pay-out? (4,3) |
| ABOUTFACE | Change of heart concerning part of clock (5-4) |
| TIMEPIECE | Number of hours taken is shown on part of clock (9) |
