| WATERMETER | A period of time surrounded by dripping ends to pipe and sewer may see it appear |
| PARTICIPLE | Part of speech, part I see, it appears, before pile disintegrates (10) |
| ANSWERED | Replied, "And sewer is destroyed" (8) |
| URBANCAVER | Unauthorized explorer of city tunnels and sewers |
| DROP | --- scone, a flat spongy cake made by dripping a spoonful of batter onto a hot griddle (4) |
| DROPSCONE | A flat, spongy cake made by dripping a spoonful of batter onto a hot griddle (4,5) |
| WOODWORM | It has a boring time, surrounded by furniture (8) |
| STALAGMITE | A tapering column rising from the foot of a cave formed by dripping water (10) |
| HAM | Vegans may see it as a bit of a shame |
| BASTE | What cook may do to joint, sewer may do to material (5) |
| SHETLANDS | Quiet time surrounded by deer, dogs and ponies (9) |
| HOSTAGES | Captives for a time, surrounded by crowds (8) |
| COLORATURA | Pass time surrounded by swirling aurora - lots of decorative stuff here |
| FLAMBOYANCE | A boy can get a flame and make it appear in a theatrical manner |
| MUSICALSCALE | Parts of it appear at both the starts and ends of this puzzle's eight theme phrases |
| APPOSITE | As to pipe, it may be directed to the point (8) |
| OPPOSITE | It's directly contrary to pipe, so it's put out (8) |
| STILLNESS | Calm time surrounded by folly? I should be away (9) |
| AMONGST | Great worry about very short time surrounded by ... |
| BUTTONNOSE | "With a corncob pipe and a ___, and two eyes made out of coal" ("Frosty the Snowman" lyric) |
