| LAGIOCONDA | Opera by Ponchielli which contains the ballet Dance of the Hours (2,8) |
| PONCHIELLI | Amilcare, Italian composer of Dance of the Hours (10) |
| OFTHEHOURS | Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| PASDETROIS | Ballet dance with an unusual number of performers |
| LONGISLAND | Island in New York state which contains the borough of Brooklyn (4,6) |
| ANDYROONEY | He usually appears near the end of the hour |
| CROCODILES | Known collectively as a bask, congregation and a float, animals with a saltwater species which contains the largest of all living reptiles (10) |
| SONGTHRUSH | Bird having boy enthuse around top of the hour (4,6) |
| LIBERTYCAP | Mushroom which contains the drug psilocybin |
| FATHERTIME | Man of the hour? |
| DOWNINGSTREET | The London street which contains the official residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer (7,6) |
| NIGHT | Near the start of the hours of darkness (5) |
| SEXT | One of the hours of the Divine Office, at midday (4) |
| VESPERS | One of the hours of the Divine Office, also known as evening prayer (7) |
| OFFICE | The Catholic Liturgy of the Hours is also called Divine ____ |
| BIGBEN | What is the name of the hour bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster? (3,3) |
| DANCEOFTHEHOURS | Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda |
| DANCE | Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| DEVON | With two coastlines, county which contains the National Parks of Dartmoor and of Exmoor and five Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty including the Blackdown Hills (5) |
| RUSSES | Ballet -; dance company founded by Sergei Diaghilev (6) |
