| EXPLAINING | Serving as an excuse for why it was once clear in middle of night (10) |
| EXPLAIN | Give details of what was once clear. (7) |
| BRUISES | Use one's ribs as an excuse for mild injuries (7) |
| MISTLETOE | Film slyest lover regularly viewed as an excuse for a kiss? (9) |
| BOX | Box, and why it was looking crushed? (6) |
| CAR | & 19Ac. Box, and why it was looking crushed? (6) |
| TON | Box, and why it was looking crushed? (6) |
| RAINSTOPPEDPLAY | 10 across held up The Tempest? It's why it was covered at Wimbledon (4,7,4) |
| COEXISTING | Old flame is in bed in middle of night -getting on in peace (10) |
| EMPOWERING | Authorising might be held by half of them in middle of night (10) |
| INSTILLING | At home always in middle of night dropping in! (10) |
| ENTRAINING | Getting on public transport from hospital department before bad weather in middle of night (10) |
| REPAINTING | Salesman isn't in middle of night putting new coat on (10) |
| ICESKATING | In charge, Kate's performing in middle of night gliding over rink (3-7) |
| EXPOUNDING | Explaining former currency in middle of night (10) |
| SMOTHERING | Overwhelming second parent in middle of night (10) |
| EXPRESSING | Saying train appears in middle of night (10) |
| PORTRAYING | Playing, left man in middle of night |
| CUE | A pigtail, plait or twist of hair at the back of the head, hence a long thin stick for snooker; the last words of an actor's speech, serving as an intimation to the next histrio to speak; or, any prom |
| ATLAS | Word for a book of maps that takes its name from the Greek Titan depicted on title pages of early such volumes; or, a figure of a man serving as an architectural column (5) |
