| PRECENTOR | Cleric who's left briefly, late coming in |
| WEALTHY | Question why terribly late coming in ___ and loaded (7) |
| ELATED | Ed late coming in; delighted (6) |
| SIAMESE | Very late coming in, sees twitchy cat |
| ASDEADASADODO | A special forces unit, late coming in, has trouble accepting party is finally over! (2,4,2,1,4) |
| BOTTLEFED | Tot changed and left briefly in bed should be nursed (6-3) |
| OCTAGEN | Figure from a month before, left briefly (7) |
| SQUIB | Firework son left briefly on top of bonfire |
| SRO | "No seats left", briefly |
| SALUTE | Greeting us, late coming round (6) |
| REVENANT | Ran event badly, as late coming back (8) |
| ONEAM | Chaplin film about a late-coming homeowner |
| ETHICAL | Late coming back, receiving greeting, cold, moral |
| VALET | Servant possibly late, coming after five |
| DALLIED | Dawdled and all became late coming round (7) |
| DREADED | Right late coming round, journalist is feared (7) |
| LIFETIME | However long or short it lasts, I am left , briefly that is, to evaluate. (8) |
| RELIC | What's left of cleric who was beheaded perhaps (5) |
| TUTU | Desmond, late cleric who won the 1984 Nobel peace prize (4) |
| DEAN | Cleric who makes an appearance in 'Pride and Prejudice' (4) |
