| OVERSIGHT | Lapse during the hours of darkness -- change of direction taking place inside (9) |
| INCAMERA | Taking place inside judge's private chamber (2,6) |
| WINDBAG | Change direction, taking a part of the pipes to one who won't stop talking (7) |
| INDOCTRINATE | Go off in a new direction, taking time to brainwash one (12) |
| NEWTS | Amphibians in all directions taking tea! (5) |
| OVERNIGHT | Her voting is erratic during the hours of darkness (9) |
| DOWNRIGHT | Party with rector during the hours of darkness? Absolutely! (9) |
| NIGHTHAWK | Person who likes to be most active during the hours of darkness (9) |
| NIGHTLONG | All through the hours of darkness (9) |
| SPLENDOUR | Though nothing can bring back the hour, Of ___ in the grass, of glory in the flower: William Wordsworth (9) |
| FROMDUSK | During the hours of darkness: .... .... till dawn (4,4) |
| NIGHTLY | Regularly during the hours of darkness (7) |
| NIGHT | Something hidden during the hours of darkness |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | Security guard during the hours of darkness |
| ATNIGHT | During the hours of darkness (2,5) |
| SEVENTEEN | How many had seen what took place inside? (9) |
| TINPLATES | Rust-resistant steel sheets in place inside gallery closer to lnverness (3,6) |
| INTHENICK | "At the hour of our death," pray those with convictions for deliverance there and then. (2,3,4,2,4) |
| DISMAY | Dread dogma during the hours of sunshine (6) |
| NOCTUARY | From the Latin for "night", a journal of one's thoughts and what passes during the hours or darkness, as opposed to a diary of the day (8) |
