| POSTULATES | Puts forward appointment and makes us late (10) |
| ALEUTS | Race makes us late, sadly (6) |
| SALUTE | Hail makes us late moving (6) |
| DOUBLEACT | What has four legs and makes us laugh -- dodo? (6,3) |
| ILLS | "And makes us rather bear those ___ we have ...": Hamlet, |
| MISSTHECUT | Forget hair appointment and get eliminated? (4,3,3) |
| TREVORNOAH | South African comedian seen on US late-night TV: 2 wds. |
| SOUTHWALES | US Late Show broadcast for region of Britain (5,5) |
| CONTENDERS | Prisoner puts forwards rivals (10) |
| MANDATE | Fellow with an appointment and a command |
| SEDATING | Half seen making appointment and putting to sleep |
| LETTERMAN | US late-night talk show, the Late Show With David ... |
| DOUBTS | "Our ___ are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt": Lucio, in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure (6) |
| SEDATES | She's beginning to head off to keep appointment and calms down (7) |
| CONAN | US late-night talk show host, ___ O'brien (5) |
| STRANGULATE | Grant us late treatment to constrict circulation |
| KIMMEL | Jimmy _, US late night chat show host (6) |
| FALLON | Jimmy ___, US late-night host (6) |
| LENO | Jay of US late-night television (4) |
| DUSK | KD returns to join us late in the day |
