| PROSPECTOR | Gold's what one expected, at first |
| ATOMISE | Get an annual check-up, in return. One's expected, at first to break up into tiny pieces (7) |
| PAN | ___ for gold (what forty-niners did) |
| PARFORTHECOURSE | Fancy treacherous prof getting what one expected? (3,3,3,6) |
| BLIP | Batsman's first edge not what one expected |
| DRILL | What one's expected to do is exercise (5) |
| ECLIPSE | Period of darkness expected at first after energy cuts (7) |
| LOSETIME | Look determined: I'm expected at first to fall behind |
| EVENTIDE | Occurrence I'd expected at first? It's late in the day |
| GENERALISE | Is a senior officer expected, at first, to make broad statements? (10) |
| SERIALISE | On the radio, breakfast item is expected at first to air in several parts |
| DUELLISTS | They are expected at length at scene of combat (9) |
| SURPRISE | What's least expected at present times? (8) |
| QUICKSERVICE | What's expected at a taco truck |
| TOETHELINE | Do what is expected at start of race (3,3,4) |
| STOCKBREEDING | Conventional manners may be what's expected at some farms (13) |
| EVENFALL | Sinner has new lapse? It's what's expected, at the end of the day (8) |
| SEASONAL | Alas, one's confusion is expected at a certain time (8) |
| PARRED | Did as expected, at Augusta |
| ELNINO | Weather phenomenon expected at the end of 2006 |