| CRASHOUT | Our cat's unusually taking hours to fall asleep |
| NECTAROUS | In Tyneside our cats unexpectedly like sugary fluid |
| PETTISH | Irritable, somewhat like our cats and dogs? |
| BUTE | Starts to behave unusually, taking ecstasy ground up in water (4) |
| HOUSE | Starts to behave unusually, taking economic hit on unusual south Edinburgh residence designed by Robert Adam (4,5) |
| AGREEABLE | Not averse to algebra, unusually taking NCEA 3 with 5th subject (9) |
| SHRINK | Make smaller place to absorb heat, taking hour to fill |
| HAAR | Fret, taking hour to pen a couple of articles |
| ENTHRONE | Taking hour to go in, hospital department has one seat |
| PHALANGER | Arboreal beast from China taking hour to consume nettle (9) |
| THROWER | Athlete taking hour to enter tall building (7) |
| SYRAH | Bashful painter taking hour to finish wine |
| TIMECONSUMING | What I'm enjoying is maybe taking hours and hours (4-9) |
| TOLLBOOTH | Where you queue to pay also involving lines taking hours |
| COUGAR | Caught taking back Silver, our cat (6) |
| SOURPUSS | Disagreeable person's son taking our cat |
| GLAMOURPUSS | Gee, Mal returned our cat to stylish person! (11) |
| DEPTH | Dipstick measures this small branch taking hours (5) |
| NOURISH | Feed taking hours in broadcast (7) |
| SCHOOLHOUSE | In place of learning, some fish, taking hours on river |
