| NOCTUARY | From the Latin for "night", a journal of one's thoughts and what passes during the hours or darkness, as opposed to a diary of the day (8) |
| NOCTUID | From the Latin for "night owl", a generic name for an owlet-moth, such as a burnished brass, clay, drinker, green arches, grey dagger, heart and dart, wainscot or "wonder of the day" merveille du jour |
| TIMEANDMUSIC | In 5.5, King Richard is alone and reflects on his life as a king. What is the main theme of his thoughts, and what breaks up his reflections? |
| HAND | What points to the hour or minute on a clock face |
| DIARY | Journal of one's home improvement, about half a year (5) |
| WRITINGPAD | A block, index rerum, jotter, journal, pocketbook or other simple yet note-worthy tool on whose bond or paper one's thoughts and ideas are captured and bound in one's calligraphical hand, pen, scrawl |
| PUTAPININIT | "Hold that thought," and what we've done to this puzzle's theme answers |
| LOMAX | He completed 1,817 passes during his eight-year career |
| EXPRESSION | Making one's thoughts and feelings known (10) |
| NOBIDS | Passes during bridge games (2-4) |
| BOTTLENECK | What drivers should avoid - and what passes through it (10) |
| SPEECH | An address, colloquy, discourse, talk or other sound of one's thoughts (6) |
| INTROSPECTION | Examination of one's thoughts |
| TONECOLOR | Brightness or darkness, in musical terms |
| SHADE | Shadow or darkness |
| ASIDE | Out of one's thoughts |
| GLOOM | Pall or darkness |
| SUPPERTIME | Hour or so in the evening for a light or informal meal, of perhaps casserole, fish and chips, spag bol or stew served from a tureen with a ladle or scoop, originally of broth-soaked bread or of soup ( |
| LOG | Record of a ship's voyage or of a pilot's flying hours; or, a fallen tree trunk cleared of branches (3) |
| DEFOE | English author of (among more famous works) A Journal of the Plague Year about the 1664/65 Great Plague of London (5) |
