| MADANI | He's back to work after difficult times in Holby (4,6) |
| KIAN | He's back to work after difficult times in Holby (4,6) |
| IMP | He's back to front in a bit of madcap mischief (3) |
| TEENS | Difficult times in Crete ensue (5) |
| DOCTORWHO | He's back to the TV he never really left, if you include the endless repeats on channels around the |
| TEILHARDDECHARDIN | Old Jesuit of note: one left difficult home after difficult last month |
| DRUM | Tap a spirit after difficult start (4) |
| STEEPLECHASE | Chelsea lost after difficult run? |
| OUTOFORDER | Unable to work after leaving the fraternity (3,2,5) |
| NIGHTNURSE | She tends to work after dark |
| HARDDONEBY | Daughter and I in difficult times badly treated |
| ROUGHPATCH | Difficult time, or what is hidden in each of the answers to the starred clues? |
| THOUGHTFUL | Wistful in hospital, overwhelmed by difficult time with bad flu (10) |
| TRIAL | A difficult time in court (5) |
| BADPATCH | A difficult time in your life for rotten clothing repair (3,5) |
| ASHA | Dev Alahan's daughter having a difficult time in Coronation Street (4) |
| BADHAIRDAY | Difficult time with some nasty shocks? |
| BROUGHTLOW | Humiliated, having difficult time, taking external knock |
| INCOMMODED | Where one might go with degree, given a difficult time |
| INNEWYORK | Yankee comes in to work after nine, goes off in a state (2,3,4) |
