| CHANGE | An order in which a peal of bells can be rung (6) |
| ALPHABETIC | Order in which a brilliant clue delivers eventually |
| DROLL | Funny day: a peal of thunder (5) |
| LOCATABLE | When drunk, a Taco Bell can be found (9) |
| SEVENAM | What six bells can signify |
| TRIPLE | Peal of bells for this kind of Alliance (6) |
| COLONY | *Each circled pair is an abbreviation for one; all 13 are arranged in the roughly north-to-south order in which their representatives (except for John Hancock) signed the Declaration of Independence |
| SCONES | Afternoon favourites whose name origins, Dutch "fine bread" or Gaelic "shapeless lumps", are as famously debated as their pronunciation and the order in which they are spread with cream and jam (6) |
| TOLLED | Audibly ordered to be rung (6) |
| BIGBEN | It has a peal for Londoners? |
| CRACKS | Word for short sharp blows from whips; sounds of crispy pork fat being broken; explosive peals of thunder announcing doomsday; or, jokes (6) |
| BURSTS | Splits and there are peals of laughter (6) |
| HOWL | Word, from the name of a hooting nocturnal bird, for the cry of a dog or wolf, a loud peal of laughter, a mournful wail or a shriek in pain (4) |
| CARILLON | A set or peal of bells of different tones (8) |
| CHIME | That chap's in Anglican church for peal of bells (5) |
| CHRONICLING | Making a record of events in the order in which they happened (11) |
| TRIPOLI | Heard peal of bells approaching international city (7) |
| IDIOM | The one princess to take an order, in a manner of speaking (5) |
| ROTA | A roster of names showing the order in which people should perform certain duties (4) |
| CHRONOLOGICAL | Like e.g. a text recording events in the order in which they occurred (13) |
