| INTHATCASE | The way things are boxed over there, then? |
| DIRECTLINE | Ice tendril thawing out. So, no change there, then? (6,4) |
| SLEEPINGPILLS | These are boxed for those who want to get off (8,5) |
| TREND | The way things are going, start regularly then finish |
| MANNER | The way things are done in the country house reportedly (6) |
| PROCEDURE | The way things are done up with record involving the East (9) |
| OHMMETERS | Measuring instruments are there, so move over a short distance (9) |
| PRESIDED | The first player lived there, so took the chair (8) |
| LIEOFTHELAND | Does this explain why the earth is flat or is that just the way things are? (3,2,3,4) |
| ASITIS | The way things are now with information technology in the Australian Institute of Sport (2,2,2) |
| TRENDS | The way things are going |
| SCORE | Mark the way things are (5) |
| QUO | Status ___ (the way things are) |
| ELECTRONICALLY | The way things are going now |
| SADTRUTH | The way things are, pitifully |
| STASIS | Lack of action from saint the way things are (6) |
| SHOWOFF | Boastful type very, very loud about the way things are done? |
| TAX | A tribute to the way things are run? |
| DOWNSTREAM | Currently it is the way things are going (10) |
| STATUSQUO | The way things are for a rock group (6,3) |
