| OFTIME | ...is what you'd be doing in a temporal fix! (7,3,2,4) |
| RUNNINGOUT | ...is what you'd be doing in a temporal fix! (7,3,2,4) |
| LIFEEXPECTANCY | Hope sentence begins with a temporal indication (4,10) |
| TURF | Pete Briquette, affable old Rat, 'tis the better you'd be doing now as a bookmaker! (4,10) |
| ACCOUNTANT | Pete Briquette, affable old Rat, 'tis the better you'd be doing now as a bookmaker! (4,10) |
| SELLINGPLATE | What a silversmith is doing in a horse race? |
| REGRETTINGIT | "What's a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?" |
| KISSINGSANTACLAUS | What mommy was seen doing in a song recorded by Jimmy Boyd in 1952 |
| DRESSING | What a nurse may be doing in the morning (8) |
| PAR | A year ending in December is what you'd expect |
| CARRYON | Continue what you're doing in a Kenneth Williams' film (5,2) |
| PLAYINGPOKE | What dogs are doing in a famous painting |
| DETECTIVEWORK | What was Lord Peter Wimsey doing in a book by Ngaio Marsh?? (9,4) |
| GAPS | Is it a crossword or cloze test that dentists might be doing in their spare time? (7,3,4) |
| FILLINGTHE | Is it a crossword or cloze test that dentists might be doing in their spare time? (7,3,4) |
| SERVING | What tennis players may be doing in the forces (7) |
| READING | What students should be doing in Berkshire |
| MINCING | What butcher may be doing in camp? |
| BARKING | What Battersea resident may be doing in London suburb ... (7) |
| TOOTING | ... what impatient motorist may be doing in London suburb (7) |
