| ADLIBBED | Filled in time by saying it was in the Bible, dad! (2,6) |
| TUTTI | "Everyone ... singing" and starting saying it was wrong (5) |
| THERAVEN | Poem with the line, "Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December" |
| LONGGONE | Yearn to leave the north-east, but it was in the distant past (8) |
| SOCALLED | Self-styled friendly gathering I left when it was in the van (2-6) |
| PRISTINE | Like it was in the beginning, isn't ripe for development (8) |
| TWITCHES | Jerky motions shown in time by coven (8) |
| METHINKS | It seems to me to be the old way of saying it (8) |
| TANK | The development of what vehicle was kept secret by saying it would be a water- carrier for troops? (4) |
| OCCURRED | Happened by saying "Oh, some cottage cheese" (8) |
| RESTATING | Others make a sound by saying it again (9) |
| EXODUS | Formerly, it was almost strange to us but it was in the good book (6) |
| NOLONGER | Name lake in Oregon, sadly not now as it was in the past (2,6) |
| POE | Writer of the line "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December" |
| LISTED | Was on a lean - it was in the notes (6) |
| ASSENT | Gets the nod like it was in the mail (6) |
| ORION | Killed by Artemis. It was in the stars (5) |
| OUTAT | ___ the plate (tagged in time by the catcher) |
| ASTRONOMER | Old-time TV ___ Patrick Moore once wanted a tree removed "because it was in the way of Jupiter!" (10) |
| LEDGERS | Novice gets a line trimmer on Saturday - it was in the books! (7) |
