| SCHOOLMATES | At the same time they were instructed to rearrange solo matches (11) |
| PHARISEES | In Biblical times, they were concerned with outward show |
| RHEA | We're instructed to nurture grounded bird (4) |
| LADY | Adult human female's complaint when we're instructed: Don't use 'mother' (4) |
| PERIODPIECE | Time they got part in old-fashioned play? |
| MERCHANDISE | Ed marches in to rearrange the goods |
| CUTANDPASTE | A student with a PC contrived thus to rearrange text |
| MONTANA | Butte, Boulder and Great Falls (they were evidently running out of people to name towns after by the time they got here) are found in this US state on the Canadian border |
| PATTYDUKE | Star of the sitcom with the theme song line, "They laugh alike, they walk alike, at times they even talk alike" |
| PARACHUTETROOPS | They are ready to drop by the time they have qualified (9,6) |
| EXEUNT | As the UK is now sovereign at last, time they leave the stage |
| HOUR | Samaritans scheme supported by the rail industry, whereby staff clock up the time they spend volunteering for the charity (7,4,9) |
| CHALLENGE | Samaritans scheme supported by the rail industry, whereby staff clock up the time they spend volunteering for the charity (7,4,9) |
| CHRONOLOGIES | Time after time they should get the order right (12) |
| ERASERS | For a long time they begin to dispose of the unwanted (7) |
| STEEPLECHASERS | At one time, they raced from one church to another (14) |
| TWOTICKS | In no time, they show one to be doubly right (3,5) |
| IMPROMPTU | Off the cuff I am on time - they say you follow! (9) |
| DINNERGUESTS | Duke with private theory about time they arrive to eat ... (6,6) |
| TICKS | In a short time they get attached to animals (5) |
