| TARRIED | A redhead attempted to go round, having been delayed |
| REINCARNATED | Redirect Nana round having been born again (12) |
| RETARDED | Engineers darted away, having been delayed (8) |
| TRIED | Attempted to go to court (5) |
| LOVEMEGHAN | After 1-Across, Ms. Markle's forthcoming new lifestyle show, whose scheduled Jan. 15 premiere has been delayed by the California fires |
| CLEMENCY | Men cycle round having readiness to forgive |
| DELICACY | I'd cycle round having eaten a titbit (8) |
| PERSEVERE | Peers round, having always to keep going (9) |
| TODO | Turned round, having a spot of bother (2-2) |
| DEFER | Cause to be delayed until a future time (5) |
| WEIGHT | To be delayed speaking gives a sense of oppression |
| REELING | Staggering round, having eaten fish (7) |
| BYE | Stay out of round, having one extra |
| IRONING | Working, I call round having pressing business |
| SPIKIER | Really good sportsman all-round, having greater number of points? |
| HEROIC | Lady's in charge of buying round, having bottle (6) |
| TRAINED | Ted and I ran round, having exercised (7) |
| ALLEGRO | Everybody for example runs round having played quickly (7) |
| IMPROVISED | One's better all round having done it in an offhand manner (10) |
| OILED | Got round, having lied about being tipsy (5) |