| CALENDAR | System by which time is divided into days, weeks, months and years; a table or almanac showing any such arrangement; or, a list of social engagements (8) |
| TIMES | Days, weeks, months passing by (5) |
| ACTS | What play time is divided into |
| HOURS | They turn into days |
| TULLE | Lines packed into day's material |
| OCTOBER | Fire Prevention Week's month |
| SLEEPERS | Spies who are put in place in a foreign country and then left unactivated for years by which time th |
| DEADLINE | Lead away in to have a meal a by which time it should be ready! (8) |
| ASL | System in which "time" is a tap on the wrist, for short |
| CHESS | Cases in which time is lost in game (5) |
| TREASON | For which time is given, with justification (7) |
| SEAT | Item such as a throne, saddle, settle or S-shaped tete-a-tete; one's place in a theatre, train or at a table; or, a parliamentary constituency (4) |
| TRONC | Word, from French for "collecting box" or "poor box", for a pool of tips to be divided out among catering, hotel or restaurant staff; or, the system by which this is done (5) |
| FLAP | Miniature door-in-a-door for a cat; hinged leaf of a table; or, a fold of cloth or paper covering the opening of a tent, pocket or an envelope (4) |
| SPREAD | Apparent size of a cut gem; an eiderdown, puff or other bedcover; a feast laid on a table; or, a food such as butter or pate applied to bread (6) |
| LOGON | Start using a computer system by typing in a username or code and a password (3,2) |
| LEAF | Photosynthesis organ of a tree or plant; section inserted to extend a table; or, gold in the form of a sheet (4) |
| MECHANISM | System by which something works or is brought about (9) |
| EXCHANGE | Foreign _, the system by which one currency is converted into another (8) |
| PAYASYOUEARN | System by which an employer deducts income tax from an employee's wages (3,2,3,4) |
