| RIVALS | Right before four a disheartened lass sees opponents |
| ARRIVE | Roll up right before four. Are outside (6) |
| NEWAGE | Modern movement in which one sees opponents carry on? |
| HOWLS | Way in which disheartened lass cries (5) |
| ESPY | See opponents start to play hockey at last |
| ARABIA | A disheartened rabbi affiliated with a prominent part of Asia? (6) |
| CASERN | From the Latin for "hut for four", a barracks or billet in a garrison town (6) |
| CRANNY | Small place to weep about a disheartened nun (6) |
| MINGLE | Confuse a disheartened lemming (6) |
| VIENNA | City backs up queen before four (6) |
| MOTIVE | Reason Thomas returned before four with energy (6) |
| OBIMAN | One of the 4, a nameless old refuse collector (3-3) |
| QUAD | Meaning "four", a word used as a prefix in names of things including a courtyard, a 4 x 4 motorbike and a four-footed animal such as a horse; or, a serving of four shots of espresso (4) |
| BRANDY | Spirit before 4 for Christmas pudding (6) |
| DEJAVU | Feeling of having seen it before (4, 2) |
| QUADRANT | From the Latin meaning "four", a fourth part/sector of a circle; or, a mariner or stargazer's old instrument with a graduated arc of 90 degrees for measuring altitudes (8) |
| TASSERA | From "four", a cube, die or square tablet on which a watchword was written as a token or ticket in classical times; or, a small quadrilateral block/tile for mosaic (7) |
| TOPS | The Fab Four a.k.a. The Mop ___ |
| SLOW | A nostalgic song by 6 and 4 a€“ or a 13 in France (4,5) |
| TRAIN | A nostalgic song by 6 and 4 a€“ or a 13 in France (4,5) |
