| PENSIONEDOFF | Forced to give up working, from the opening of 14 across to closing time, before going to two different parties (9,3) |
| RETIRE | Right time in Ireland to give up working (6) |
| ADEN | City that benefited greatly from the opening of the Suez Canal |
| BALL | Piece of sports equipment to bide time before going to court (4) |
| GAPYEAR | Tackle a quiet, variable, boring time before going to uni? (3,4) |
| CREDO | From the opening words of the Apostles' statement of Christian principles, "I believe", a term for a canon, doctrine or other set of beliefs (5) |
| TOPDOWN | Working from the general to the specific (3-4) |
| RESIGN | Give up working rule to accommodate first of students |
| NOEL | Forename of a dramatist who wrote a play that takes its title from the opening line of an ode by Shelley: "Hail to thee, blithe spirit!" (4) |
| ARMSANDTHEMAN | Play by George Bernard Shaw, set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War, whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid |
| OMINOUS | Shady way of working from the east, I sense |
| GEORDIE | Northerner and ogre forced to give up ghost |
| LOSEHEART | Helots are forced to give up (4,5) |
| TITFORTAT | Retaliation, after Tito is forced to give up Eastern Territory (3,3,3) |
| OPERATE | Work from the opening through to the tea break (7) |
| ARMS | Comedy play by George Bernard Shaw whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid (4,3,3,3) |
| ANDTHEMAN | Comedy play by George Bernard Shaw whose title comes from the opening words of Virgil's Aeneid (4,3,3,3) |
| DACTYLIC | City lad upset about 100, working from the digits (8) |
| RETROACTIVE | Working from the past |
| ENSIGN | Flag and give up working about noon, showing no resistance |
