| TEM | Pro ___ (for the time being) (3) |
| PROTEM | President ___ (for the time being) (3,3) |
| REGE | Pro ___ (for the King): Lat. |
| BONO | Pro _: For the public good |
| ESSE | De bene ___ (for the time being) |
| INTERIM | The Cockney will bury the bloke for the time being (7) |
| NONCE | For the time being (used with "for the") |
| HEREANDNOW | Present article by director won over immediately, for the time being (4,3,3) |
| ONTHEBACKBURNER | Shelved for now; put aside for the time being (2,3,4-6) |
| AUDEN | Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Letters from Iceland, For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio and of the poems published posthumously in the collection Thank You, Fog (5) |
| DOMINGO | In his place, Sriram will take up the T20 coaching role for Bangladesh for the time being. (7) |
| STRIKER | Batsman who is facing the bowling for the time being (7) |
| PROTEMPORE | In Rome in ancient times for the time being (3,7) |
| TEMP | Person filling in a job for the time being, for short |
| ATOMICAGE | A cat, one shut up for the time being (6,3) |
| VENTILATOR | Even with the lid off for the time being, say, it's refreshing (10) |
| SHELF | Put on the _: defer action on for the time being, in a way? |
| TWENTYTWENTYTWO | MIX-MIX mixture for the time being? Go figure! (6-6-3) |
| OZEKI | Ruth ___, author of "A Tale for the Time Being" and "The Book of Form and Emptiness" |
| PRO | With 63-Across, for the time being |
