| MORATORIA | Temporary stoppages - speaker, in end, turned up |
| THEATRE | Mad hatter, at the end, turned up in a dramatic place (7) |
| PERSUADE | A super day, in the end, turned up to convince another (8) |
| ALAMEIN | Animal, at the end, turned up on a battlefield (7) |
| HITCHES | He's about to irritate - with temporary stoppages (7) |
| SUSPENSIONS | Interruptions or temporary stoppages (11) |
| MIKADO | King in the end turned over, work for emperor (6) |
| SATIS | Indian widows please, but two characters in the end turned off! (5) |
| DEMON | The doctor in the end turned out to be the real baddie (5) |
| CIGARBUTT | Smoker's end turned calamitous, overwhelming still (5,4) |
| HITCH | Film director among friends in temporary stoppage (5) |
| RENOWNED | The new owner at the end turned out to be well known (8) |
| TRACHEA | A chart at the end turned out to be a tube (7) |
| APNEA | Temporary stoppage of breathing during sleep |
| PAUSER | One using the TV clicker's temporary stoppage button |
| SUSPENSIONBRIDGE | Game faced with temporary stoppage - one brings two sides together |
| SUSPENSION | Car part producing temporary stoppage |
| EMBARGO | Temporary stoppage as amber changes to green light (7) |
| BREAK | Baker moves for a temporary stoppage |
| BLINK | A temporary stoppage where viewers are concerned (5) |
