| OBIIT | After a spell, it died (5) |
| RODDA | Izack - - - , Wallaby lock returning to Australia after a spell with Lyon (5) |
| LATER | After a spell |
| MUSIC | It died February 3, 1959 |
| CHARM | Spell it with a flock of goldfinches (5) |
| THEME | "Spell It Out" suggests it |
| DURAG | "Anyone who has ever worn a ___ spells it '___,'" per a 2018 New York Times article |
| INEED | "Do ___ ___ to spell it out for you?" |
| MACAU | Asian gambling mecca, as some spell it |
| ENROL | Register, as Brits spell it |
| OUIJA | Spirited board that spells it out at meetings (5) |
| METRE | Basic unit of length in the metric system (as all the world, apart from the US, spells it) |
| HUNNY | Winnie the Pooh's treat, as he spells it on his jar |
| WITCHHUNT | It may end in trying time after a spell of ill-will (5-4) |
| ABOUTTURN | Go back after a spell of fighting, sour (5,4) |
| SPITTINGIMAGE | After a spell of light rain, I am getting on with one having an exact likeness (8,5) |
| SANTOS | Club where Neymar began his football journey, returned to revive his form after a spell in Saudi Arabia, and scored a sensational winner against Flamengo. (6) |
| UPHOLD | Defend hothead, elderly, after a spell of good fortune (6) |
| IDOLATER | Cult worshipper I impersonate after a spell (8) |
| OVERLY | Lawry gutted after a spell of cricket-excessively (6) |
