| PREEXIST | Be present before expert is redeployed (3-5) |
| PREJUDGE | Condemn without hearing before expert (8) |
| FORGIVEN | Pro, present before noon, excused (8) |
| NOWONDER | Isn't a surprise at present before drone buzzes off (2,6) |
| LIGHTALE | Easy to hold beer provided leading expert is with gangster on ecstasy (5,3) |
| WARHABLE | Warwickshire's hard expert is fit for fighting as before |
| INFORMED | Expert is in shape, initially every day (8) |
| BOTANIST | Plant expert is enthralled by two insect pests (8) |
| AMENABLE | In response to prayer, expert is prepared to listen |
| CRUNCHER | Figure expert is someone blunting crisis ahead of the Queen (6,8) |
| PROMISED | Assured expert is parting sea (8) |
| RELIABLE | About 50, one expert is trustworthy |
| UPINARMS | The munitions expert is angry (2,2,4) |
| CETACEAN | And French expert is able to surround dolphin, say (8) |
| ERENOW | Before the present, before the present |
| NOWANDTHEN | At times in the present before the past! (3,3,4) |
| OLDHAND | Also hold out before expert (3,4) |
| BRACE | Pair of things brother put before expert (5) |
| IMNO | Words before expert or fool |
| PRECURSOR | It goes before expert gets strange curse right |
