| OCEANAUTS | People who live and work for periods under the sea (9) |
| YESTERDAY | Roger, the period under the Maori king was not long ago (9) |
| SPELL | Brief period under the influence of a witch/wizard's sorcery; or, to recite letters, perhaps at a bee (5) |
| GREENCARD | Government permit which allows a foreign national to live and work in the US (5,4) |
| BORROWERS | Film about a family of tiny people who live in the floors and walls of an old house, The - - - (9) |
| RESIDENTS | The people who live here make payments for property outside boundary (9) |
| EGYPTIANS | The people who live in Cairo, for example (9) |
| SHRINKAGE | Period under psychiatrist revealing loss through theft (9) |
| ALGONQUIN | Indigenous people who live in Quebec and, in smaller numbers, Ontario |
| BERLINERS | People who live in Germany's capital (9) |
| STRETCHES | Warms up for periods in jail (9) |
| RESTCURES | Priests joining the others for periods of recuperation (4-5) |
| SEPTENNIA | Poet Laureate's top half clad in brown for periods of years |
| ZEITGEIST | German word for period's defining spirit (9) |
| FULLSTOPS | Two learners, kept in detention by fusspot, mucked up for periods (4,5) |
| NEIGHBORS | People who live nearby |
| TOWN | An area with houses, shops, schools and offices where people live and work (4) |
| ALTRUIST | One who lives and acts for the interest of others (8) |
| ANTS | They're small and work for the queen |
| RYAN | __ Connor, son of Michelle who recently departed to live and work in Ibiza (4) |
