| EXAMINEES | Former French friend observed turning up - they'd have testing time |
| PASTRAMI | Former French friend grabbing recipe for smoked meat (8) |
| NEESON | Observed turning on Liam from Life's Too Short (6) |
| THREEDAYEVENT | Meeting up, they'd never eat nuts (5-3,5) |
| IDENTICAL | Like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, inseparable they'd have to be. (9,5) |
| PROBATION | For son released from stronghold, it's a testing time (9) |
| EXAMINERS | They give you a testing time (9) |
| TWINS | Like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, inseparable they'd have to be. (9,5) |
| WHITEFISHBAY | "The searchers all say they'd have made ___ ___ if... |
| ASKED | "They'd have ___ me about you, don't get around much anymore" |
| NOVICES | Holy initiates and what one hopes they'd have? |
| COVERNOTES | They'd have policies on paper that could excite voters once |
| VESTALVIRGINS | Shivering servants' vigil -- they'd have to keep the fire burning |
| ORAL | Testing time for Irish, in a manner of speaking (4) |
| TRIAL | A non-U ritual can be a testing time (5) |
| TRIALRUN | Testing time to manage introducing Arab currency (5,3) |
| APRIL | Testing time for kids - Terminator bombed airport terminal (5) |
| RETRIAL | Another testing time with a new trailer (7) |
| ADHD | Reason to grant extra testing time, for short |
| EXPERIMENTING | Testing time, ex pondering about taking away second son and daughter (13) |