| ISSO | "His ___ sudden!" (I didn't have time to prepare!) |
| ITSAMESS | "I didn't have time to clean up ..." |
| CONVENIENCEFOOD | Gents' diet? One doesn't have time to prepare it |
| TLDR | Texter's "I didn't have time for it" |
| TAPE | Groucho Marx as S. Quentin Quale in Go West said, "I'd have thrashed him to within an inch of his life, but I didn't have a ... measure" |
| ALLSO | "This is ___ ___ sudden!" |
| OFHISLIFE | Groucho Marx as S. Quentin Quale in Go West said, "I'd have thrashed him to within an inch ..., but I didn't have a tape measure" (2,3,4) |
| BETTERYOUTHANME | "Glad I didn't have to deal with that!" |
| TMI | Eww! I didnt need to know that! |
| TEMPT | Office worker with time to prepare lure (5) |
| TAXIDERMY | Time to prepare ready-mix stuffing (9) |
| DILATE | The Italian employed in time to prepare pupils for examination? (6) |
| YEAST | Easy time to prepare leavening agent (5) |
| LIEINWAIT | Rise late then bide one's time to prepare for an ambush (3,2,4) |
| HOTDOG | Greedy type welcoming time to prepare snack (3,3) |
| WINGEDIT | Woman editing composition did her best given limited time to prepare (6,2) |
| ATSHORTNOTICE | A contrite host put out with little time to prepare (2,5,6) |
| TYSON | Boxer who said: "Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent" (5) |
| HEADON | Sort of impact Charles I didn't have ultimately |
| WASNT | "Hey, that ___ too bad!" (I didn't think I'd like it) |