| GOTIME | The moment of truth |
| CRUNCH | Word imitative of a loud champ, chew or chomp of a croquette or bite of a biscuit; a crisis; a credit squeeze; a sit-up; or, the moment of truth (6) |
| CILLA | and 22ac, Former host of ITV shows The Moment of Truth, Blind Date and Surprise Surprise! who died in 2015 (5,5) |
| ZEROHOUR | The moment of truth? (4,4) |
| TESTINGTIME | The moment of truth for a would-be record-breaker? (7,4) |
| ZERO | Looks like midnight could be the moment of truth. (4,4) |
| HOUR | Looks like midnight could be the moment of truth. (4,4) |
| WHENPUSHCOMESTOSHOVE | We set such homophones very indiscriminately at the moment of truth |
| GREEN | Colour of the flash of light sometimes seen around the moment of sunrise or sunset (5) |
| SPLASHDOWN | The moment of landing of a spacecraft in the sea (10) |
| INAT | ___ the kill; present for the moment of triumph |
| AREIN | "The results ___ ___!" (Talent competition's moment of truth) |
| LIGHTNING | Shoebills spend a great deal of time motionless, they are slow moving, except in the moment of collapsing on its prey with ___ speed. |
| ADRIENNERICH | Poet and feminist who wrote "The moment of change is the only poem" |
| PSYCHE | Greek "butterfly soul" or "life-breath", traditionally imagined leaving the body at the moment of death (6) |
| BOLUS | Small rounded mass, as of chewed food at the moment of swallowing (5) |
| ASSENT | Permission at the moment of posting? (6) |
| ALAMO | According to the moment of battle |
| LIFTOFF | The moment of launching a rocket |
| GATES | "The Moment of Lift" author Melinda |
