| DEADLINE | Lead away in to have a meal a by which time it should be ready! (8) |
| ADMONISH | A meal a day's included, correct? (8) |
| RACLETTE | Stir treacle, taking time -it should be runny (8) |
| SLEEPERS | Spies who are put in place in a foreign country and then left unactivated for years by which time th |
| CALENDAR | System by which time is divided into days, weeks, months and years; a table or almanac showing any such arrangement; or, a list of social engagements (8) |
| SOUPCON | Part of a meal's a swindle, not even a mouthful (7) |
| OPERABLE | Musical drama to take place around the end of April should be ready for action (8) |
| CHIVALRY | Noble ideals in Switzerland lead away from conflict (8) |
| ARMCHAIR | Restful location in which time-wasting matriarch unwound? (8) |
| TIMEWARP | Imaginary situation in which time appears to stand still (4,4) |
| SHAMEFUL | Butcher due fish meal, a deplorable notion (8,4) |
| DISTRACT | Lead away |
| LOGTABLE | For outdoor meal, a calculating aid (3,5) |
| BUNFIGHT | Spooner's Happy Meal's a riot (3,5) |
| ROADFUND | and 37ac, Official name for the 'tax disc' between 1920 and 1936, at which time the hypothecation of vehicle excise duty was formally ended |
| PICNIC | Word, roughly translating as "peck or nibble at a meal" or "a trifle to eat", for an alfresco meal, a packed lunch or a shared feast in the country (6) |
| SENDUP | Make fun of, when you stop in to have a drink (4,2) |
| SQUARE | A regular quadrilateral; a quartile aspect; the figurative "shape" of a full, balanced meal; a mortarboard; a carpenter's measure; or, one of a chessboard's black/white spaces (6) |
| TANNERY | Girl brought in to have a go at leather-making |
| SLUMBER | Breaking rules, doctor goes in to have a nap (7) |
