| DUSK | Period following sunset but before night (4) |
| TWILIGHT | Period following sunset (8) |
| SHIP | It comes after member, but before mate (4) |
| MAIN | It's after starter but before afters (4) |
| DAWN | Start after Elizabeth (but before the French?) on TV (4) |
| FLAG | Common name for an iris, but before lily it's a Hesperantha (4) |
| LEOS | People born after Cancers but before Virgos |
| UGLY | After the good and the bad but before stepsisters (two) |
| DARK | Old craft departs before night |
| FOOD | Jambalaya is a ___ that has roots in Louisiana, but before that, African, French and Spanish cultures each give the dish a bit of their flavor |
| LENT | Religious period following Mardi Gras |
| EVENING | Period at the end of the day but before bed (7) |
| AFTERGLOW | Get far at sea with gloomy light following sunset (9) |
| GLOAM | Archaic term for the time of day immediately following sunset (5) |
| NIGHTFALL | Time of day immediately following sunset (9) |
| ALEAP | Gamble on having a pint to drink with man before night-time (1,4,2,3,4) |
| SURETHING | Nap, of course, before night falls (4,5) |
| CRY | Sing before breakfast, you'll ___ before night, expression (3) |
| FORTHETIMEBEING | At present, cuddling date before night falls (3,3,4,5) |
| APRES | After, but before ski |
