| RESUME | This graduate from Amesbury took a year off at the end of June, which looks bad on his CV (6) |
| REVOKE | Clergyman given fine at the end of June, which they then withdraw |
| GENIUS | Brainbox Bob from Bigbury-on-Sea took a year off to go travelling (6) |
| DUST | It looks bad on the surface |
| MASTEROFSCIENCE | Centre of ice mass excited this graduate (6,2,7) |
| FILIPINO | Would he enclose his CV in a Manila folder? (8) |
| MERRIMAC | Town bordering Amesbury and Lake Attitash |
| NHL | Org. that took a year off in 2005 |
| SNEERS | Looks bad with most of demand at the end of war grabbed by paramilitary force (6) |
| SUNSET | When the light goes off, at the end of the day (6) |
| HALTED | Came to a standstill, deathly ill, and took a year out |
| SEVERE | To cut things off at the end is very strict (6) |
| DREARY | Dispirited doctor takes a year off (6) |
| GAPPER | Student taking a year off? (6) |
| DORSET | Jazz trombonist has a year off for time in rural area (6) |
| ENERGY | Go greeny, which looks funny (6) |
| SEPTIC | It's gone bad on September 1st, Celcius (6) |
| ABOARD | Broken oar bad on ship (6) |
| MEANIE | Big bad on the playground, maybe |
| OTTERYSTMARY | At the end of one August, a storm hit and it took a year and four months to rebuild our countryside place near Feniton (6,2,4) |
