| INASECOND | Pervert canonised as soon as possible (2,1,6) |
| JACKDAW | Black bird 'of Rheims' which was canonised as Saint Jem Crow (7) |
| POSTHASTE | As soon as possible |
| ASAP | As soon as possible initially as father gets up (4) |
| PASTA | Food served up as soon as possible, and about time! |
| ONDEMAND | As soon as possible (8) |
| ASP | As soon as possible please, without a snake (3) |
| UNCLASP | Free relative briefly as soon as possible, lacking an answer (7) |
| ONCE | As soon as possible, couple cleared out (4) |
| PASANG | Animal returning as soon as possible, no good! (6) |
| PASADENA | US city as soon as possible sent back unruly Dane (8) |
| PRONTO | National leader entered new troop carrier as soon as possible (6) |
| EARLIEST | As soon as possible, at your ... convenience |
| URGENTLY | With pressing need, as soon as possible |
| ASHAPPYASA | On cloud nine a tree must get mutilated as soon as possible: sap, anybody? (2,5,2,1,7) |
| AHIMSA | That man coming in as soon as possible? It doesn't end non-violence! (6) |
| TAXONOMY | (n.) a market system in which personal income becomes government income as soon as possible |
| SAPROPHAGOUS | Go as soon as possible? Rush operation, catching a thing that thrives on decay (12) |
| HARRY | Rom-com character who says "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible" |
| DELASALLE | Jean-Baptiste ___, canonised French priest proclaimed by Pope Pius XII as patron saint of all teachers of youth in 1950 |
