| LEAPSECOND | It sometimes makes the day a little longer to have a recess in French class before bed at last (4,6) |
| SEE | It's a mom's frustrating answer that means you have to wait a little longer to find out if she will say "yes" or "no": "We'll ___" |
| DOVE | It's grey on the day: a little overcast (4) |
| HEED | Better no longer to have a Liberal's mind |
| EXAMS | They sometimes make the grade |
| THUNDERED | Spoke in booming voice under the bed at last |
| LOANDBEHOLD | Lend broken bed at last; what a surprise! (2,3,6) |
| END | Finish time. In bed at last (3) |
| SMUT | Dirty material sometimes makes us titter at first (4) |
| TACITURN | Implied that purring sometimes makes one uncommunicative |
| SALON | Business that sometimes makes waves? |
| EVENSTEVEN | At the end of the day, a boy was level-pegging (4-6) |
| LOADINGBAY | A recess in a building where vehicles can receive or deliver goods (7,3) |
| NICHE | In classical architecture, a recess in a wall for a statue, often with a semicircular apex with fluting in the form of a scallop shell (5) |
| BAY | Evergreen with aromatic leaves used in bouquet garnis and formerly to make triumphal crowns; a cove; a recess in a wall; a brown horse with black points; or, a hound's howl (3) |
| ALCOVE | From Arabic for "vault", an arched niche in a room; or, a shady retreat, such as a bower or summerhouse or a recess in a garden hedge/wall, provided with seats (6) |
| UNUSUAL | England's William and Mary were responsible for the first ruling against 'cruel and ... punishment' - it took a little longer for their nation to abolish capital punishment |
| YES | Bedtime request: It's what you hope your mom will say if you ask to stay up a little longer |
| JACKKNIFE | A knife with the blade pivoted to fold into a recess in the handle (9) |
| SHOE | It's a little longer than a foot |
