| SUNDIAL | Device that tells the time of day with a shadow |
| CLOCK | Many get secure device that tells the time (5) |
| UMBRA | One left central Italy with a shadow (5) |
| CLOCKTOWERS | Tall structures that tell the time (5,6) |
| SPEAKS | Passes the time of day with speed freaks doing the rounds (6) |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | When working he won't spend the time of day with you (13) |
| EPIC | Having to do with a long poem that tells the story of a hero |
| LOG | A chunk of wood that tells the story of a voyage (3) |
| GNOMON | Projecting part of a sundial whose moving shadow indicates the time of day (6) |
| SUN | A star some 93 million miles away whose shadow, cast by means of a gnomon, is traditionally used to tell the time by earthlings (3) |
| OTHER | Of Love and ___ Demons 1994 novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that tells the story of a 12 year old girl who is bitten by a dog |
| ORDINALNUMBER | A number that tells the position of something in a list (7,6) |
| NATIVITY | Play that tells the story of the birth of Christ (8) |
| DINERMOMETER | Restaurant device that tells you when the food is ready? |
| ACRE | Traditionally defined as the area ploughable in one day with a yoke of oxen, a unit of land measurement (4) |
| BUGLE | Instrument traditionally used to sound the Last Post; war veteran, Bill Osborne, 92, honours the fallen every Remembrance Day with a performance in the garden of his Ellesmere Port home (5) |
| SPIRITOFRADIO | "The ___ ___ ___": Rush song that goes "Begin the day with a friendly voice..." |
| PARTY | Piece at the end of the day with a convivial get-together (5) |
| DOYLEY | Yodel about the end of the day with a napkin? (6) |
| YARDARM | Part of a ship's beam referred to in relation to the time of day at which to have a drink (7) |
