| RUNSHORT | Peter out of marathon and it's not long to go (3,5) |
| INCH | Not long to go - chin up! (4) |
| AESCHYLUS | Greek playwright, circa 525- 456 BC, who fought at the Battle of Marathon and afterwards wrote M Persians (9) |
| EBBSAWAY | Peter's out of English hostelry and going south on holiday (4,4) |
| COMEDIES | Show up Peter's out of funny films (8) |
| COCKNEYS | Some Londoners long to go round among their mates (8) |
| DANDIEST | Longs to go through poet, almost the finest |
| SKELETON | Stripped of meat and fresh leeks and it's not served up (8) |
| PERSIANS | The Battle of Marathon was waged between the Greeks and these people |
| STITCHUP | Sharp pain opening unsolicited post is to blame and it's not right (6-2) |
| REDBRICK | It's not Oxbridge, and it's not Yellowstone (8) |
| NOWONDER | Not a prodigy - and it's not surprising (2,6) |
| MCKENZIE | Dave ___, West Coast athlete who won the 1967 Boston marathon and set a course record (8) |
| ENTIRELY | All weary after end of marathon in city |
| MAINDRAG | Way downtown, new diagram covers end of marathon (4,4) |
| INEQUITY | Card-carrying actors are, and it's not fair (8) |
| DELICATE | Consumed by a hundred from the delicatessen and it's not tough (8) |
| ARRESTED | Run in second of marathons? Trot maybe around the others? |
| MINUTES | Not long to produce record of meeting (7) |
| EARN | Long to go topless, and get what you deserve! (4) |
