| NOTTRUE | Heavyweight came back with little time to regret being false (3,4) |
| UNTRUE | International group has time to regret being false (6) |
| NOTNEAR | Heavyweight came back, but not to get close (3,4) |
| NOTALITTLE | Heavyweight came back a bit, but still had a great deal to offer (3,1,6) |
| TRUE | Having little time to regret, to be honest (4) |
| TROUNCE | Beat right-back with little weight (7) |
| SWEETEN | Sugar bags sent back with little inside (7) |
| MEDIATE | Umpire has to ponder with little time to lose |
| ANGELIC | 'Innocent' Alice being false - no good inside |
| MARSHAL | Officer getting memory back with small 2001 computer? (7) |
| BARONET | Titled man, one with little time to support pub |
| TEMPEST | Tries, with little time, to divert a cyclone (7) |
| TWISTER | Tries, with little time, to divert a cyclone (7) |
| COURIER | A royal attendant left with little time to become a runner (7) |
| DEPOSIT | Poised uneasily, with little time to sit down and rest (7) |
| DOUBLET | Twice as many with little time to get the jacket (7) |
| SLEIGHT | Craft with little time to follow what's pulled by reindeer? (7) |
| GREENER | Author beginning to regret being less mature |
| RESIDUE | Is left to regret being excluded from the side, perhaps (7) |
| TRUELIFE | Time to regret being grounded in reality |
