| INST | Instantly abbreviated reference to time, as in a reinstated rainstorm! (4) |
| GOTOGETHER | Leave at the same time, as in a horse and carriage (2,8) |
| GLACIALPERIOD | Paid allegoric reference to time during ice age (7,6) |
| SNIPER | Local drops people from time to time, as understands the importance of 13 down (6) |
| SPAN | Distance between the tips of one's thumb and little finger; the wingspread of an aircraft or bird; a stretch of time, as in concentration or life etc; or, the arch of a bridge (4) |
| YEAR | Unit of time, as in cauliflower 'All the ___ Round', the end of which is just a few weeks away! (4) |
| YORE | Past time, as in days of ___ |
| BACK | One reinstated in the team? (4) |
| DEYR | EastEnders actor who plays 40A's reinstated landlord Mick Carter (5,4) |
| DYER | EastEnders actor who plays The Vic's reinstated landlord Mick Carter (5,4) |
| GRAP | Air quality action plan whose stage-III was reinstated(abbvr) (4) |
| ROTC | Prog. formally reinstated at Harvard in 2011 |
| ASCENT | A climb to the summit of a mountain; or, movement back in time, as in tracing ancestry (6) |
| EON | A long period of time, as in someone's woodpigeon! (3) |
| IRAN | Rainstorm in the country (4) |
| GRIP | Control farm animal upset about start of rainstorm (4) |
| SLUG | Garden visitor after a rainstorm |
| STAIN | Mark time, as in mooching about (5) |
| RAIN | Rainstorm |
| DONKEYKONG | In 2020, Guinness reinstated Billy Mitchell's record as the first player to reach 1,000,000 in this arcade game after claims of cheating proved unfounded |
