| MODERATO | Movement in Highland eisteddfod before 9 (8) |
| TUMBLING | Seeing corporation before 9, say and pitching ... (8) |
| INTERMIX | Mingle in period before nine (8) |
| TREORCHY | Welsh village that hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1928, the only time it has been held in the Rho |
| CARDIGAN | One of the two garments forming a twinset; or, a market town in Ceredigion whose castle was the location of the first eisteddfod (8) |
| AVIATRIX | Pilot Amy's heading through Turkey before nine (8) |
| APPENDIX | Supplement a shopping centre closing before nine (8) |
| KEEPGRIP | Have a wee look back before 9 force - Maintain a tight hold! (4,4) |
| READYMIX | Dreamy perhaps before nine, but it sets later (5-3) |
| INDULGED | Satisfied, eluding chaotic conclusion to eisteddfod |
| IDEEFIXE | Obsession to somehow feed after one before nine to gain energy (4,4) |
| POSTCARDS | Dream pop and post-punk Lebanese band that released the album I'll Be Here in the Morning in 2018 and the EPs Lakehouse, What Lies So Still, and Here Before. (9) |
| FLASHBACK | Quiet graduate caught in adverse criticism: it happened before (9) |
| DEBUTANTE | Society girl from Uruguayan capital in debt before (9) |
| BIOSPHERE | There's life in this bishop (knocked out before) (9) |
| BRASSERIE | Restaurant using money I put in before (9) |
| FASTENING | Clasp quickly before 9 is lifted by gravity (9) |
| UNDERLINE | Stress evident in Victoria, perhaps lower than before (9) |
| CONTRALTO | What Kathleen Ferrier was right about after working in California before (9) |
| PREVIEWED | Travelling rep comes to see editor seen before (9) |
