| PREOCCUPATION | Obsession with how Paris was before 1940? |
| SIAM | Thailand, before 1940 |
| AMOVEABLEFEAST | 'But this is how Paris was in the early days . . .' (1964) |
| ANTENATAL | Neat outcome with Alan, confused over time - it was before he was born! (9) |
| MIKE | With a discography of about 40 albums, which award-winning jazz composer-musician was born in Christchurch in 1940? (4,4) |
| NOCK | With a discography of about 40 albums, which award-winning jazz composer-musician was born in Christchurch in 1940? (4,4) |
| PRINCEREGENT | He was, before he was George IV (6,6) |
| TROTSKY | Which Russian revolutionary was murdered in Mexico in 1940? (7) |
| COMMIE | Which term for a communist was first used in 1940? (6) |
| MONDIEU | My Goodness, is this how Paris prayed to his god at Troy? (3,4) |
| TROY | Conservative confused about where Paris was with 14Ac 21Dn (4) |
| BEAKEROFBADNEWS | Glass vessel with disappointing results? (note what letter 4 was before the constructor changed it) |
| INTHELINEOFFIRE | With a fistful of dollars, or more, is where Clint was before the movie that put him there! (2,3,4,2,4) |
| REBECCA | Which Daphne Du Maurier novel was filmed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1940? (7) |
| VINE | "In my dream, behold, a ___ was before me" (Gen. 40:9) |
| DEALT | Gave out that wood was before time |
| EREBUS | Underground? It was before road transport! (6) |
| ASLEEP | And what he was before (6) |
| CLAPPEDOUT | Knackered, as Cook was before last Test innings? (7-3) |
| RHYTHMANDBLUES | Beat sand around, getting depressed - that was before rock and roll |
