| JUSTINTIME | Archbishop Welby faces issue, returning with seconds to spare (4,2,4) |
| TIME | Issue returning for renowned healer (4) |
| INKIN | To be understood, with seconds to spare, finish drawing (3,2) |
| GETAMOVEON | These words could make gent vamoose, possibly, with seconds to go (3,1,4,2) |
| LEVERET | Small creature left mountain with seconds to spare (7) |
| QUASH | Invalidate game with seconds to spare (5) |
| ECUADOR | Country dancing, caroused with seconds to spare (7) |
| BEYONDCOMPARE | Maybe drop scone fried with seconds to spare? Unbeatable (6,7) |
| NICKOFTIME | Without a second to spare (after "in the") |
| JUSTINCASE | Legal statement by Welby, maybe as a precaution (4,2,4) |
| MOTORSPORT | Make fast touring time, with seconds left racing |
| SLAPUP | Such a fine meal, with seconds, to consume with relish |
| DAVISCUP | Trumpeter getting point with seconds to go in competition (5,3) |
| ARENA | Ball finally lost by Atletico with seconds to go here? |
| TREATY | Hear about situation with seconds to go in negotiation |
| WHISTLER | Painter with seconds to stop megalomaniac |
| GISMOS | Conscripts with seconds to follow gadgets (6) |
| PLASMA | With seconds to go, polka and samba become fluid (6) |
| BOSCH | Electronics firm with seconds to replace central part in blunder (5) |
| THIRTY | Two XVs in need of a drink with seconds to go |
