| SUSPEND | Consensus pending means it will be a bit in the balance (7) |
| LEISURE | You want a garland? By all means, it will be fun (7) |
| GROCERYSHOPPING | Higher food costs mean it will be more expensive for this in 2016: 2 wds. |
| ORBITAL | A bit in the viva voce relates to its track through the sky (7) |
| TONSURE | It's sure to take the weight but it will be a close shave (7) |
| SAPLING | It will be a tree on the plains, perhaps, at long last (7) |
| EDIFICE | Cede if I change, it will be a complex system (7) |
| UNEQUAL | It will be a poor match having such contestants (7) |
| AVOCADO | Also known as the alligator pear, local demand for this fruit of a tropical tree means it is now grown and farmed in Mallorca (7) |
| MUTABLE | Label in slipper means it can be changed (7) |
| INTENDS | Means it stops and starts in time (7) |
| DEBITED | Bit in the title document showed amount owing (7) |
| DUSTBIN | Seek payment about the broken bits in the rubbish container (7) |
| NICHOLS | Bits in the U.S., reportedly, for director Mike (7) |
| PARROT | Or will be put back in a bit, in the cage (6) |
| COLUMNS | Bits in the newspaper for supporters |
| ADIMEADOZEN | A bit in the US before a nap ending in relaxation? That's commonplace (1,4,1,5) |
| LARD | Fat landlord must lose a bit in the middle |
| TANNER | He'd treat your skin a bit in the past (6) |
| UPAGAINST | With it, it will be a difficult task (2,7) |
