| TAKEADAYOFF | A tad off-key with a problem? Have a short break! (4,1,3,3) |
| HOUSTON | Texas city (with a problem?) (7) |
| TAKETEN | "Time for a short break!" |
| SYMPATHY | Empathise with someone's problems, have ... for them |
| ADMITTING | Owning up to timing being a tad off (9) |
| EURO | Readout not a tad off the money (4) |
| SCLEROMA | Hard stuff from raucous closet drama that's tad off (8) |
| TAKETIMEOFF | How one leaves it as I have a short break |
| STRETCHLIMO | Elastic vehicle? (Have a naughty chortle in the mist!) (7,4) |
| TONSILLITIS | Ailment a problem? Outwardly it isn't so bad |
| TIMEOUT | Have a short break, with a spell away from home (4-3) |
| SCHOLAR | Mark, about to have a short break, is a learned person |
| TAKEFIVE | Have a short break producing Kiev feta (4,4) |
| SIRARTHURCONAN | Writer and teacher have a short day with ... with ... within the TV family (3,6,5,5) |
| GONE | Left a key with a number attached to it (4) |
| COMMA | Punctuation mark that shares a keyboard key with a left angle bracket |
| ELEMENTARY | (11 a 5) A· 1,000? Have a go a it covers advanced or simple (10) |
| SIX | It shares a key with a caret |
| COMBATANT | Search a shelter, trading key with a fighter (9) |
| HASHTAG | It shares a key with a "3" |
