| UNBORN | Letters from Bruno sorted before noon and awaiting delivery (6) |
| DOOROPEN | Hit from Bruno Mars' band Silk Sonic (5,3,4,4) |
| LEAVETHE | Hit from Bruno Mars' band Silk Sonic (5,3,4,4) |
| STOCKINGFILLERS | Gifts I'll reckon to get sorted before Santa's entry? (8,7) |
| ONORDER | Sadly no red, or requested and awaiting delivery (2,5) |
| SHOVELREADY | Descriptor for construction projects that are set to go and awaiting funding |
| UNARMS | Runs around before noon and makes defenceless |
| AMENRA | Being in the sun before noon, and time around it |
| AMUSED | Diverted before noon and utilised |
| FOETAL | Start of FedEx round, flipping overdue: like someone awaiting delivery? (6) |
| FOETUS | One awaiting delivery of revolutionary film (American) (6) |
| NOVENA | Services range between noon and start of Angelus (6) |
| SNEAKY | Heavens open around noon and each become slippery (6) |
| NOTARY | Ring after noon and attempt to engage a public official |
| PROTEM | Routine in between noon and midnight for now (3,3) |
| MIDDAY | Noon, and a "central" feature of the answers to the starred clues |
| TWOISH | Somewhere halfway between noon and 5 p.m. |
| RINSES | Gets up around noon and has a wash |
| JACKIE | Shanghai Noon and Rush Hour star, ... Chan |
| ROAM | Run out before noon and travel free? (4) |
