| PRESUMES | Supposes play has begun, and carries on (8) |
| POLEINTOFIRST | "The race has just begun, and it looks like the car from Warsaw will ___!" |
| EVEN | Septet hasn't begun, and that's flat (4) |
| PERSISTS | Chief protester violently resists and carries on (8) |
| RELAXING | Composer has begun 'Nimrod', Variation 9, and is now taking a break |
| UNDERWAY | It has begun below the road (8) |
| ANTEPOST | A bet taken before course betting on a race has begun |
| OVERALLS | Everyone in the periods of play has something to wear (8) |
| FORKLIFT | It picks up and carries branch to Nick (8) |
| PUTSDOWN | Makes an entry and carries out some subjugation (4,4) |
| PERICLES | He is an Athenian statesman who, among other accomplishments, was responsible for building the Acropolis, begun in 447. One of Shakespeare's plays has his name in its title. |
| COPES | Policeman points and carries on (5) |
| RESUMES | Presumes something's missing and carries on |
| LASTS | Girl ensnares gent finally and carries on |
| SURMISES | Supposes there must be misers in America (8) |
| FATIGUES | Large and one supposes, slightly shorter overalls |
| IMAGINES | Is solving the enigma in, one supposes (8) |
| METHINKS | Drug makes writing bolder one supposes (8) |
| BELIEVER | Live current in force, one supposes |
| IDARESAY | Raid easy to fix, one supposes (1,4,3) |
