| PAXROMANA | Supporting chap about a vote leading to a period of stability |
| STASIS | A period of stability when no change occurs; stoppage of the flow of blood (6) |
| AVALANCHE | Alternative vote leading to male revolutionary's downfall |
| RHEXIS | Hires vote, leading to rupture (6) |
| TABLEAUX | You bleat about a vote for staged scene (8) |
| SAXOPHONIST | Key player — oops! — hints carelessly about a vote |
| GUYANA | Two articles supporting chap in South American country (6) |
| BODICE | Church supporting chap stealing one corset (6) |
| ENSUE | Follow woman supporting chaps with no money (5) |
| MENACE | Expert supporting chaps in danger |
| GOTHIC | Pertaining to a period of time from the 12th to 16th centuries, and particularly to an architectural style of which many examples can be seen in Palma, Mallorca, for instance, Palma Cathedral, Bellver |
| TERM | Apply a particular name to a period of time |
| DAYOFATONEMENT | Dame Fonteyn free to take to a period of penance (3,2,9) |
| LONGRANGE | Of or relating to a period of time extending far into the future (4,5) |
| STRATIFYING | Subjecting seeds to a period of cold, in advance of sowing them (11) |
| PLATEAU | Left side of pauper embraces recent period of stability (7) |
| PROBATION | Release of an offender from detention subject to a period of good behaviour under supervision (9) |
| TRICENTENARY | Relating to a period of 300 years |
| TALENT | Gift obtained thanks to a period of self-sacrifice (6) |
| OCTENNIAL | Lasting for or relating to a period of eight years (9) |
