| REALIA | Educational staple, and other things - no time for teaching aids |
| SIMULATOR | Encouraging thing - no time for training device |
| TERM | The time for teaching is in winter, mainly (4) |
| REGALIA | Orb and sceptre, for example, grand to include among everyday teaching aids |
| WATERWINGS | Teaching aids for flying certificate after drink |
| EXCITES | Animates things no longer observed on the radio (7) |
| EARTHLY | Relating to material things no-hoper doesn't have |
| SHOES | - Things no longer allowed in Birks Building |
| SHELF | Where cats like to knock things no longer negotiable (3,3,5) |
| OFFTHE | Where cats like to knock things no longer negotiable (3,3,5) |
| DITCH | Get rid of things no longer needed, in the main (5) |
| HASP | A clasp passing over a staple and secured with a padlock |
| MIXINGBOWL | Baker's staple, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| BLACKEYEDPEAS | Southern staple, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| CAKEMIX | Birthday party staple, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| VANISHINGACT | Magician's staple ... and what will happen in the sky on April 8, 2024 |
| HORA | Jewish wedding staple ... and a clue to the circled square in this row |
| GLOBES | Anglo, beset by doubt, hides teaching aids. (6) |
| FLASHCARDS | Vulgar wiseacre's teaching aids (5,5) |
| BLACKBOARDS | Colour gets onto teaching aids (11) |
