| HOURHANDBILL | Act of Congress deemed by the clock-making industry as excessive regulation? |
| REDTAPE | Excessive regulation |
| TARTARIC | ? acid, substance found in grapes used in the food industry as an antioxidant |
| SLAKEDLIME | Common name for calcium hydroxide, used in the food industry as additive E526 (6,4) |
| GOLFIANA | Term for collectables or items of interest associated with a native Scottish game deemed by some for "gentlemen only, ladies forbidden" (8) |
| COMPUTER | Item deemed by a hi-tech company president in 1977 to be unreasonable for home use |
| WRITEOFF | Anything which has been deemed by an insurer to be not worth repairing (5-3) |
| JEREZ | Which town in Spain is the centre of the sherry-making industry? (5) |
| NEUCHATEL | Swiss city that is the centre of the country's watch-making industry (9) |
| SEXTOY | What might be included in an act of congress |
| GAIN | Profit by the clock, which will be fast (4) |
| ONTHEFACEOFIT | Where to find time by the clock apparently (2,3,4,2,2) |
| OSIER | I rose, perhaps, in the basket- making industry (5) |
| THIES | City in western Senegal east of Dakar noted for its tapestry-making industry |
| DETROIT | Spiritual home of America's car-making industry (7) |
| NOTTINGHAM | English city known for its association with Robin Hood and the lace-making industry (10) |
| ERASE | Delete some of the order as excessive (5) |
| HOROLOGY | The art of clock-making (8) |
| PINCHBECK | Alloy of about five parts copper to one part zinc, used as a gold substitute in clock-making and jewellery (9) |
| WISEST | One's coming in at nine o'clock making the most sound |
