| RESPONSETIME | In waiting for answer, presumably someone clocked this might be how long it took the congregation to reply to priest (8,4) |
| EASES | See as might be how one slackens off (5) |
| THIRTYFIVEMINUTES | How long it took the back-up band to record 22-Across (without knowing the melody or title!) |
| ABBEY | Sir Edward Elgar conducted the LSO at the opening of the famous recording studio on this road - but it took the Beatles to make it really famous |
| FOURYEARS | How long it took for your fears to be dissipated (4,5) |
| SPEAKINGCLOCK | Presumably, someone called time on this service that's no longer available - I used to ring it to get The Times? (8,5) |
| REPAYALOAN | Presumably, someone will lose interest if you do this? You might have to do it to keep a shark happy! (5,1,4) |
| TIMED | Found out how long it took to go back to sea (5) |
| HOUR | How long it took Ben to catch the ball (4) |
| DEMIST | Son inside noted how long it took to go up and remove condensation |
| DAYS | How long it took God to create, say (4) |
| DEMIT | Measured how long it took to get up and abdicate (5) |
| YEARNED | How long it took donkey to have had a longing (7) |
| SPELL | How long it took to prove you had magic powers? (5) |
| SPLITSECOND | Time it took the little boy to finish the banana and icecream? (5,6) |
| BELL | Instrument traditionally used to mark time on a ship or to call a congregation to its church (4) |
| TWOYEARS | A story we rewrote and how long it took |
| INTRUST | It turns out to be how one may hold another's property (2,5) |
| UNMASKED | Peacekeepers questioned captured male for answer to, "What kind of people could be a threat to society during the pandemic?" (8) |
| NOBRAINER | Presumably someone who wouldn't bash your head in is hardly a problem |
