| ICOULDGO | “I’m a short-term nostalgic; things were great ten minutes ago. If only ____ back there.” (John Cooper Clarke) |
| IMAGINE | Dream I'm a lead guitarist in Middlesex (7) |
| ETA | "What's your ___?" (Text making it clear you should've left the house ten minutes ago) |
| VALDEMAR | "The Facts in the Case of M. --", a short story by Edgar Allan Poe (8) |
| ASAP | "Five minutes ago if not sooner" |
| ENROBED | Having showered 10 minutes ago? |
| BRIDGING | A short-term loan relating to a business transaction, especially a house purchase (8) |
| INTERIM | A temporary or provisional arrangement, such as a short-term appointment to fill a position (7) |
| SEC | "I'll be ready in a ___!" (call from someone who is probably at least ten minutes away from being ready) |
| COMEAGAIN | You were great company, though I'm sorry? |
| LIZ | Short term for someone with a short term? (3) |
| TEMP | Team without a pitcher to fill the position on a short-term basis (4) |
| TEMPAH | Rapper and presenter Tinie's a short-term worker at a hospital (6) |
| SINBIN | Bench where rugby union players are sent for ten minutes after committing a yellow card offence (3,3 |
| AXMINSTER | After ten minutes in centre of Bath, about to head back for south-west town |
| TARDIER | Like a student arriving ten minutes after the bell, as opposed to five |
| HED | If only ___ listened ... (comment about a man who's made a mistake) |
| INTENSE | The swinging nineties, when I dropped out, were great (7) |
| ALLIED | The major ones during the First World War were Great Britain (and its empire), France and the Russian empire (6) |
| SKATING | Torvill %26 Dean were great exponents of this art of sliding on ice |
