| ASCERTAINING | Learning through study is sure to stop when one starts to need guidance |
| STEADFAST | Sure to stop eating stewed dates for starters |
| ADVICE | Notice wickedness -- you need guidance (6) |
| PHENOMENON | Marvel when one starts to hit problems in retirement, and soldiers on (10) |
| GOESIN | Hides behind a cloud when one starts to bat (4,2) |
| WENTON | Didn't stop when one made one's entrance (4,2) |
| ASTHESAYINGGOES | Easy, awfully, to stop when obsession departs, according to proverb |
| ABRUPT | Like the stop when one stops on a dime |
| ONRED | When to stop when driving: 2 wds. |
| FLAGDOWN | Signal to stop when you become tired and miserable (4,4) |
| AMBER | Be prepared to stop when you catch a bream (5) |
| FRIEZE | A band to stop when heard (6) |
| EARNEST | Listener starts to need expert solvers to be serious (7) |
| EXEUNT | Former international group starts to need time to quit the stage (6) |
| ONTHEGO | Being active, it's when one starts the race (2,3,2) |
| LEARNING | Preference to assimilate right knowledge gained through study (8) |
| MEDICINE | Old Florentine family starts to need experts in art of healing (8) |
| OWNS | Admits Spiro Agnew finally starts to need someone (4) |
| INSECT | Starts to need security expert, computer's devoured by IT bug (6) |
| CATNAP | Tom, maybe, starts to need again prolonged sleep (6) |
