| ICOULDGO | “I’m a short-term nostalgic; things were great ten minutes ago. If only ____ back there.” (John Cooper Clarke) |
| 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) |
| WEIRDO | “I’m a creep, I’m a ____” (Creep, Radiohead) |
| SEXY | “I’m a model, you know what I mean. And I do my little turn on the catwalk.” (I’m Too ____, Right Said Fred) |
| ASAP | "Five minutes ago if not sooner" |
| ENROBED | Having showered 10 minutes ago? |
| MOONRIVER | The “you” in the lyric “I’m crossing you in style” |
| 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 |
| SEC | "I'll be ready in a ___!" (call from someone who is probably at least ten minutes away from being ready) |
| HED | If only ___ listened ... (comment about a man who's made a mistake) |
| SUECLEAVER | ____ plays Eileen Grimshaw in Coronation Street and recently appeared in I’m a Celebrity |
| CHIPPY | “I’ve got a problem with my legs, they just can’t walk past a ____” (Boxer Ricky Hatton) |
| COMEAGAIN | You were great company, though I'm sorry? |
| EXPAT | “I’m pleased that the Ministry of Culture is protecting the morals of the ____ bankers and their girlfriends that are going to be coming” (Mick Jagger, on Chinese censorship on tour) |
| CALEO | “I’m hot” |
| TSARINA | First Lady: “I’m obliged to ingest nerve gas” |
| ALLIED | The major ones during the First World War were Great Britain (and its empire), France and the Russian empire (6) |
| SHREW | Richard Burton and wife Liz Taylor were great together in The Taming Of The ... |
