| LIGHTINGUPTIME | Delicate gin sadly at an end before item gets spilt in dusk, maybe (8,2,4) |
| ANDANTE | Musical instruction sadly at an end |
| SUNUP | 12 hours after dusk, maybe |
| LIEINWAIT | Not an Italian wine, it gets spilt in ambush |
| RELENTING | Giving in about gin, sadly, drinking fast |
| UNASSUMING | Modest girl's problem, connected with gin, sadly (10) |
| NIGHTBLINDNESS | Blends thin gins, sadly, due to bad vision (5,9) |
| TURNSIN | Goes round, in the end, before one retires (5,2) |
| TREADMILL | 'Drudge's job should end before Monday' (in literal translation) (9) |
| EMERGENCY | Appear in panic, sadly at the last moment of crisis (9) |
| FACEPASTE | Bathroom item gets dial a little bit hot, somehow (4,5) |
| SPEAK | Utter chaos at the end, before climax |
| TERRACE | Sprinter's three from the end before competition raised level (7) |
| NORMA | Lady from big house starting near the end before returning to the start |
| DAYTRIP | Daughter always goes to dance - this outing to end before midnight? |
| EASTASIAN | Sadly at sea, as in Japanese, perhaps (4,5) |
| TIMESLOT | Sit in motel, sadly, at the appointed hour |
| PINBALL | Bin pal sadly at end of final game (7) |
| INEXTREMIS | Miner exits sadly at the point of death (2,8) |
| WATERSKI | Sadly at risk we skim over the surface (5,3) |
