| ITSASIGN | "Maybe this is fate" |
| ASTITCH | Maybe this is meant as incentive not to procrastinate (1,6,2,4,5,4) |
| FIESTA | Is fate terrible at Spanish festival (6) |
| REGICIDE | Charles I's fate (8) |
| HELL | "Maybe this world is another planet's ___": Aldous Huxley |
| CABARET | "Maybe This Time" musical |
| CONSERVATORY | Maybe this was the scene of the crime |
| SMITH | Maybe this minute inside with actress Sheridan (5) |
| MEDIOCRITY | CEO, timid, extremely ropy, maybe this? |
| JOG | Maybe this will ___ your memory |
| FAINTLY | "Maybe this study on sudden consciousness loss does need funding," Tom whispered ___ |
| IONISER | I snore badly, I admitted ___ maybe this would improve air quality? (7) |
| SPARROW | Tailless bird seen in Cornwall maybe - this one? (7) |
| REMORSEFUL | Feel so rum, distraught after end of affair - and maybe this? |
| MOUSETRAP | A super tom around? Maybe this isnt needed then! (9) |
| SICKLY | A pud from the lucky dips maybe this sort of sweet (6) |
| HEMAN | Mother stuffing turkey, maybe -- this one's tough (2-3) |
| OFFIRE | More suited to Bill Haley and his Comets, maybe, this Jerry Lee Lewis chart buster? (5,5,2,4) |
| GREATBALLS | More suited to Bill Haley and his Comets, maybe, this Jerry Lee Lewis chart buster? (5,5,2,4) |
| COLLECTOR | Prayer or stamps maybe this person’s interest? |