| TOTALECLIPSE | For a time it naturally puts us completely in the shade |
| ECLIPSE | For a time, it naturally puts us completely in the shade (5,7) |
| TOTAL | and 23 Across: For a time, it naturally puts us completely in the shade |
| AWHILE | For a time it sounded like a cunning strategy! (6) |
| DESIST | It's desuetude that puts us in the wrong side (6) |
| USHER | It puts us with the lady and the doorkeeper (5) |
| TAURUS | Such a sign puts us in a rut (6) |
| SUSPECTS | Puts us, quietly, in the groups with the potentially guilty (8) |
| CLUELESS | Sign for takeaway completely in the dark (8) |
| TOTHEHILT | Completely in the direction of the handle (2,3,4) |
| OFCOURSE | Naturally going almost completely in the wrong direction (2,6) |
| HADNT | ___ a clue, was completely in the dark |
| PERSONIFICATION | Grace, for example - one may stand for it, naturally |
| TOTHEMANNERBORN | Doing it naturally to the sound of a TV sitcom (2,3,6,4) |
| SPRING | It naturally occurs in a leap year (6) |
| POSTAGE | After a time it has to be paid (7) |
| IMITATE | A time it takes to copy something (7) |
| FAIRYTALE | Once upon a time, it was told to children (9) |
| COUSIN | Family member puts us in the money (6) |
| HUMANISM | Sound wrong to get up in the morning? This puts us first (8) |