| RESCINDS | Cancels short break from college with popular policeman (8) |
| INDISPUTABLE | Popular policeman turns up in firm, that's certain (12) |
| ONESTOPSHOP | We cancel short journey to find convenience store |
| ODDITY | Weird old deputy head from college with ponytail (6) |
| JACKINGUP | Giving a lift from college with family in car heading towards London (7,2) |
| CLOSER | Not so far from college with unsuccessful competitor (6) |
| HALFTERM | Short break from school (4-4) |
| TAKEFIVE | Have a short break from jazz classic (4,4) |
| CAMBODIA | Turns up, support starts with old boy's mother from college in Asia (8) |
| ACAPULCO | Key to upper limit from college and firm in Mexico (8) |
| CRANWELL | Tory took off correctly from college (8) |
| EDUCATED | Like someone graduating from college |
| CRIBBING | After first from college, mocking illicit exam technique |
| DETONATE | Set off from college in time |
| SENDDOWN | To expel from college or university (4,4) |
| WOLFDOWN | Eagerly devour US novelist, we hear, away from college (4,4) |
| OFFDAY | Short break from work with parts swapped makes for underperforming period? (3,3) |
| TRUCE | On return, initially enjoyed short break from action (5) |
| RECESS | Short break from normal activity. (6) |
| TIMEOUT | A short break from work for a Cadbury's bar, say (4,3) |