| RECOVERYTIME | Period needed to return to normality after an event |
| PICKUPTHEPIECES | Restore things to normality after a crisis (4,2,3,6) |
| BREATHEAGAIN | Return to normality having got a second wind |
| OWED | Needed to return a favor to |
| RACEME | Some extreme care needed to return arrangement of flowers |
| BATTLE | Small town in East Sussex named after an event taking William I to the English throne in 1066 (6) |
| HINDSIGHT | Suspect hid things, showing wisdom after an event (9) |
| PRESTONGUILD | Once every ____ means very rarely, after an event held every 20 years in Lancashire |
| TURNAROUNDTIME | Period needed to fulfill a request ... and a hint to words hidden in three long puzzle answers |
| ZEBRA | Unknown period needed to capture black animal |
| SPELLCHECK | Period needed to verify computer program (10) |
| ACCESSTIME | Approach suitable moment, period needed to retrieve information from computer (6,4) |
| YEARN | Long for the start of normality after twelve months (5) |
| ONTIME | Work period needed the staff to be punctual (2,4) |
| TIMECONSUMING | Taking too long eating up period needed first (4-9) |
| RUNTIME | Period needed in computing tuner I'm replacing (3,4) |
| TIME | Period needed now (4) |
| SANITY | Stay in, in order to achieve normality (6) |
| AGAINSTTHEGRAIN | Being opposed to the Corn Laws, perhaps, is at odds with normality (7,3,5) |
| ROYALMINT | Normality restored in moneymaking organ-isation (5,4) |
