| ONTIME | Note I'm unusually punctual (2,4) |
| MAGNIFICENT | At fencing I'm unusually brilliant |
| CHROMATIC | Hear bird act, I'm unusually showing colours (9) |
| NIMROD | Note I'm taking baton for Elgar variation (6) |
| NOTIME | Now is the best option for rewriting note - I'm adding, "Love the gift" (2,4,4,3,7) |
| MINIMS | Notes I'm to appear twice at two points |
| ENIGMATIC | Note I'm acting strangely, which is puzzling (9) |
| AFFABLE | Note I'm back! Mythical but friendly (7) |
| ITEM | A particular note I'm holding (4) |
| SCIMITAR | Note I'm enthralled by Indian instrument and sword (8) |
| TWOTIME | Act deceitfully also, we hear - note I'm taken in |
| LIKE | Now is the best option for rewriting note - I'm adding, "Love the gift" (2,4,4,3,7) |
| THE | Now is the best option for rewriting note - I'm adding, "Love the gift" (2,4,4,3,7) |
| PRESENT | Now is the best option for rewriting note - I'm adding, "Love the gift" (2,4,4,3,7) |
| MINIM | Note I'm going back and forth around 3rd of June (5) |
| ABOMINATED | A bad note I'm playing is disliked intensely (10) |
| MOISTEN | Notes I'm compiling about damp (7) |
| INMEMORIAM | I run over a couple of notes - I'm creating a poem |
| MONETISE | Earn as revenue notes I'm exchanging close to office (8) |
| INTIME | Punctual friend getting no thanks in return (2,4) |