| OFFPEAK | Ill - almost ill - it's when there's less activity (3-4) |
| RUCTION | Row when there's less than complete observation of instructions (7) |
| CUSHIER | Cure his ill, it's easier. (7) |
| AISLES | Passages could be first-rate with less activity (6) |
| BASIL | Herb makes graduates ill, almost (5) |
| UMBILICAL | While going round Cuba I'm ill. It's to do with my maternal connection (9) |
| CIGAR | Almost ill-fated reprise for Hamlet (5) |
| INEDIBLE | Dine and be almost ill, cooking being this? (8) |
| POLITE | Courteous and quiet Eliot composition can make poet almost ill and another inflamed within (6) |
| ONTHEGO | Being active, it's when one starts the race (2,3,2) |
| MUSSELS | To sum up, there's less confusion with moules (7) |
| EQUINOX | It's when day and night are the same length |
| THEYEARDOT | It's when everything began going wrong there today (3,4,3) |
| ATTHESAMETIME | Nevertheless, it's when you might see the witching hour in relation to midnight (2,3,4,4) |
| ZEROHOUR | It's when to start, but nothing's on time (4,4) |
| PAYDAY | It's when you get what's coming to you (3,3) |
| TASTELESS | There's less to state when it's so insipid (9) |
| CUT | There's less available if it's diluted (3) |
| SLOPEOFF | There's less inclination to leave furtively! (5,3) |
| NOON | Either up or down, it's when both hands are up (4) |
