| PUTTO | Given a trying time, as the L-driver is eventually! (3,2,3,4) |
| THETEST | Given a trying time, as the L-driver is eventually! (3,2,3,4) |
| PALACE | Royal home, such as the L'Almoidaina in Palma, Mallorca which is the official residence of the King and Queen of Spain when they visit the island (6) |
| LEARNERS | Apprentices are on a par with L drivers? (8) |
| ROUGHPASSAGE | Difficult trying time that is stormy in the main (5,7) |
| LAREDOORDEAL | Trying time in Texas? |
| PROBATIONERS | They're going through trying times (12) |
| LENGTH | Distance swum in a swimming pool from one side to the other; or, in racing, the measurement of elapsed time as the horses cross the line (6) |
| HELIACAL | The ascension of a celestial object at the same time as the sun (8,6) |
| RISING | The ascension of a celestial object at the same time as the sun (8,6) |
| COURT | 1 & 14Dn. This indicates a trying time in the services (5,7) |
| MARTIAL | This indicates a trying time in the services (5-7) |
| SHIFT | When tweeting from your laptop, it's the key to press at the same time as the "3" to type a hashtag |
| ASSIZES | One may have had a trying time at them (7) |
| TEMPTATIONS | Morally, they give people a trying time (11) |
| REHEARSING | Having a trying time before play opens (10) |
| JUROR | Boxed in, one has a trying time (5) |
| CRISIS | Give credit to this goddess at such a trying time (6) |
| TESTINESS | Irritability while one's having a trying time? (9) |
| JURORS | In any case they have a trying time (6) |
