| MOZZARELLA | Cheese a little while before sleep's rejected every time (10) |
| ELEVEN | A little while before noon for football team (6) |
| DEBTOR | Rubbish place to sleep rejected by one owing money (6) |
| MASCARPONE | Mild and soft cheese a Roman partakes of no end, primarily? (10) |
| SHORTSPELL | Drink to incantation for a little while (5,5) |
| SHORTLIVED | Loved shirt design for a little while (5-5) |
| SECONDRATE | After a little while, assess as poor (6-4) |
| WHITEDAMP | A little cheese, a quiet menace in a coal mine (5,4) |
| SILENT | Mum is returning a while before Easter (6) |
| NOVA | Star that burns brightly for a while before returning to normal (4) |
| BUTTER | From "cow cheese", a churned dairy spread or "scrape" said to be liked if a "goldcup" of a celandine-like meadow flower reflects yellow under one's chin; or, a word for flattery (6) |
| ILLTEMPERED | I'm going to work for a while before head of department becomes irritable (3-8) |
| NIGHTCAP | A soft tasselled bonnet or hat worn with pyjamas; or a hot toddy or other tipple, taken before sleep (8) |
| COTTAGE | --- cheese, a mild, loose, soft, white cheese made from skimmed milk curds (7) |
| EDAMAME | a€¦cheese, a muscadine rind, soybean (7) |
| BEDSIDE | The ___ Guardian (annual compilation to be read before sleep) (7) |
| SNUBBED | Ignored hairdos swept back before sleep (7) |
| DANISH | A blue cheese; a pastry |
| CURD | The non-whey part of milk for caseiculture; lemon cheese; a fatty substance between flakes of poached salmon; a cauliflower's head; or, soap that rises in the lye in chandlery (4) |
| CASEIN | Ingredient of cheese, a nice variety son introduced (6) |
