| CHECKLISTS | They're reminders of what's still to be done as European state lost the cream of university (10) |
| SYBBE | Old relation sinks back clutching what's still to be found |
| CALMNESS | State of what's still left in river and loch (8) |
| YONKERS | City in New York State; 'Lost in --', play by 9 (7) |
| SEPARATORS | They isolate the cream of temperamental opera stars (10) |
| ALLTHEBEST | The cream of everything for so long (3,3,4) |
| CHECKLIST | A set of items required or things to be done as a reminder (9) |
| CHORES | Specific tasks, pieces of work required to be done as a duty. (6) |
| SECONDBEST | Successor to the greatest footballer is not quite the cream of the crop (6,4) |
| TASK | Had little time to inquire about what work was still to be done (4) |
| BACKLOG | Behind with record showing an accumulation of work still to be done (7) |
| BEST | George -, winner of the Ballon d'Or as European Footballer of the Year 1968 (4) |
| NEEDSMUST | Begrudgingly, it has to be done as model dements us (5,4) |
| ARMCIRCLE | Upper-body exercise that might be done as part of a warm-up |
| ELITE | The cream of the crop in the literary world (5) |
| MEMENTOS | Pictures on the internet filtered a ton, admittedly, serve as reminders of the past |
| PRACTICAL | It can be done as a sort of joke (9) |
| TOATURN | How cooking should be done, as shown by kid holding a vessel (2,1,4) |
| TOPTIER | Like the cream of the crop |
| AONE | Like the cream of the crop |
