| OPEDS | The New York Times is now calling them "guest essays" |
| LANKA | The nation that was known as Ceylon in colonial times is now Sri ... |
| GREENEST | Endless energy produced on New York time is most eco-friendly (8) |
| OPED | Term retired by the New York Times in 2021 in favor of "guest essay" |
| ADAGE | "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now," e.g. |
| DOIT | "The time is now!" |
| TROUBLESHOOTERS | People have always been brought in from the outside to fix problems, but we only started calling them this in 1905 (7-8) |
| OFTWO | 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times' is the first line in A Tale ... Cities (2,3) |
| IDLERS | Chided solemn nurses at centre, calling them layabouts |
| RANGY | Rushed at ghastly outsiders calling them lanky |
| NAMESAKES | Makes sane for a change by calling them this way (9) |
| TOCOME | Future infant leader including one frequently trendy and aesthetic whose time is now (2,4,2,3,3,2,3, |
| THE | "___ time is now!" |
| DUNGBEETLE | They roll their vegan-poep home uphill on their backs. Sometimes we unfairly tease people calling them by this insect's name. (4,6) |
| TAIWAN | The Taipei Times is the Englishlanguage newspaper where? (6) |
| PIMLICO | The protagonist of The Rare Ould Times is from which district of Dublin? (7) |
| WHEAT | Cereal crop; the grain traditionally cultivated in Mallorca from ancient times is called Xeixa and is lower in gluten and more nutritious than many modern varieties (5) |
| CHEMIST | Church Times is ordered by the scientist |
| WHOPPING | Enormous place where the Times is produced, it's said |
| FINANCIALIST | Version of the Times is beginning to target big spender |
