| PERSUADE | Reads up, at the end, about to convince one (8) |
| TALKSROUND | Never comes to the point, but manages to convince one |
| ENSHEATHE | He had to hasten, at the end, about to cover things up (9) |
| EXTRATIME | Had to remit tax, at the end, about to get longer on the pitch (5,4) |
| LIMELIGHT | Might get ill, at the end, about to be the centre of attention (9) |
| LANDOWNER | Ran down, on line, at the end, about to meet the laird (9) |
| ENLARGED | Big end about to be made bigger (8) |
| CLOSE | Near the end, about to be defeated (5) |
| STOICAL | Job was so useless in the end -- about to stop work (7) |
| APSE | Had an afterthought, at the end, about the recess (4) |
| ETERNAL | It's time to learn, at the end, about going on for ever (7) |
| ANOMIE | Did one moan, at the end about a loss of belief? (6) |
| ENCLOSED | Surrounded by fence when end about near (8) |
| ANACONDA | Two articles and piece in end about new feared creature (8) |
| HASPS | Adds a note at the end about lock fittings (5) |
| GREENBEAN | Agree with Ben, at the end, about growing a vegetable (5,4) |
| ELEGIES | Lies, eg, at the end, about songs of mourning (7) |
| SCEPTICS | They question Americans in East End about Charlie |
| DERMISES | Ends about first red layers of skin (8) |
| RESEARCH | Scientific investigation, or read up on (8) |
