| NOAH | Old drifter spotted in casino, ahead of his time (4) |
| ARC | Old drifter, say, has a bit of a gear change (3) |
| ARK | Old drifter, parking without a sound (3) |
| EARL | He is in the peerage almost ahead of his time (4) |
| LUCE | He was ahead of his Time |
| ALAN | Author of the novels A Man of His Time and Birthday (4,8) |
| DICE | Things spotted in casinos? (4) |
| EARLY | Like an aristocrat, could one say, ahead of his time? |
| CHESSMAN | Caryl ___, imprisoned in 1948 until his execution in 1960, who wrote of his time on 'death row' (8) |
| SILLITOE | Author of the novels A Man of His Time and Birthday (4,8) |
| LIFEHISTORY | New file his party member showed with story of his time here (4,7) |
| ALANSILLITOE | Author of novels A Man of His Time and Birthday (4,8) |
| TOWNDWELLER | He spends most of his time out of the country (4-7) |
| EZEKIEL | Poet and novelist considered one of the foremost Indian writers in English of his time, Nissim ... |
| BACON | Philosopher "Doctor Mirabilis" whose 13th century compendium of the sciences of his time titled Opus Majus describes gunpowder and the magnifying properties of lenses (5) |
| ERASMUS | Who was the most famous scholar of his time in Europe, writing in the early 1500s? (7) |
| ARCHAEOLOGIST | He spends much of his time in digs (13) |
| PHILMAHRE | Skier who won the slalom gold medal at the 1984 Olympics, just ahead of his twin brother, Steve |
| DIE | It's spotted in casinos |
| DONOVAN | Aussie actor no doubt spending most of his time on the rink preparing for the new series of Dancing on Ice (5,7) |
