| PARKINSONSLAW | Idea that work expands to fill the time available for its completion (10,3) |
| PARKINSON | C. Northcote ********* , creator of law stating work expands to fill time available for its completion (9) |
| EXPANDS | What work does, according to Parkinson, so as to fill the time available for its completion |
| EXPAND | In Parkinsons's law, work will do this so as to fill the time available for its completion |
| ELGRECO | Nickname of the artist commissioned by Philip II of Spain to paint the altarpiece The Martyrdom of St Maurice, who was sacked shortly after its completion (2,5) |
| MIDTERM | Poorly trimmed halfway through the time available (3-4) |
| LEISURE | Time available for relaxation (7) |
| HONEYMOON | Precious little time available for romantic break |
| TOUT | Time available for solicitor (4) |
| BALLOONFISH | *Swimmer that can expand to three times its normal size |
| LEEWAY | The amount of time available to move or act (6) |
| SHOPTALK | Hard work expands support for flower business, as discussed elsewhere |
| DISTENDS | Expands to half the distance, then stops (8) |
| AIRSAT | Fills the time slot of, as a TV show |
| SPRAWL | The way cities expand to encroach on surrounding, often valuable, agricultural land; urban ... |
| DETERRENT | Trend expands to become disincentive (9) |
| COSPLAY | Company to expand to produce fantasy recreation |
| TOLET | Make to leave Spanish city with time available |
| YET | In the remaining time available? (3) |
| HOOD | What a cobra's neck ribs expand to become, when frightened (4) |
