| DOORWAY | Opening 24 hours of hostilities as described by Oxford historian? |
| DAHOMEY | Old country residence opening 24 hours (7) |
| TRUCES | What are suspensions of hostilities, as between armies (6) |
| THEME | What's the matter with opening 24 across on motorway? It's the beginning of the end! (5) |
| SANDBOX | Play area forbade footwear as described by Rev. Spooner (7) |
| BROCODE | Male etiquette, as described by Barney Stinson on "How I Met Your Mother" |
| OUTOFIT | Excluded by Oxford to conform? (3,2,2) |
| CSLEWIS | Case oddly taken by Oxford policeman (a literary figure) (1,1,5) |
| OPENSUP | Begins firing writers engaged by Oxford University Press (5,2) |
| BRUNDLE | British racing driver who won the 1990 24 Hours of Le Mans (6,7) |
| ARBUTUS | Wild strawberry, as described by Propertius: surgat et in solis formosior ____ antris (1.2.11) |
| TACITUS | The silent historian? |
| FERRARI | Nine-time winner of 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's oldest sports-car endurance race |
| FLAGDAY | d Could a gadfly produce 24 hours of charity? (4,3) |
| RONDEAU | Jean ___, French driver and constructor who won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1980 in a car bearing his own name |
| CARRACE | 24 Hours of Le Mans, e.g. |
| DATES | The fruits of one's studies as a historian? (5) |
| BARTONMITZVAH | Nurse Clara's act of kindness, as described by an Israeli? |
| PEDANT | Stickler of a newspaper employee, as described by puff (6) |
| SIGMA | The end of Athens, as described by Homer? (5) |
