| OFFICEHOURS | Time spent working for us, chief gathered, under nought! |
| ENOUGH | This'll do for one -- and three noughts! (6) |
| GUANO | Fertiliser gathered under avian nests, organic initially (5) |
| EMPIRE | 19th-century style of chemise shift dress, gathered under the bust (6) |
| STINT | Time spent working can get in the way (5) |
| NATIONALSERVICE | Perhaps time spent working with arms race to maintain |
| LIFESPAN | Decrypted files criticise maximum time spent working (4,4) |
| CHRISTIE | Devonshire-born double cream-drinking, globetrotting, roller-skating and surfing "Queen of Crime", who acquired her knowledge of poisons during her time spent working in a hospital dispensary (8) |
| PRINCETON | Principals of colleges evident in photo, working for US university (9) |
| MADISON | Mega-publicity is working for US president |
| NIXON | Nothing working for US president (5) |
| HARLONCOBEN | A lone branch working for US thriller and mystery writer (6,5) |
| SIMON | Card working for US songwriter (5) |
| CARSON | Vehicle's working for US talk-show host Johnny (6) |
| WORDOFHONOUR | Promise, without way of hard working for us endlessly (4,2,6) |
| TRANSEPT | Time artist spent working in part of church (8) |
| STARK | Harold, US Chief of Naval Operations 1939-42 (5) |
| KING | Ernest -, US Chief of Naval Operations from 1942-45 (4) |
| JOHNJAY | Founding Father who was the first US Chief Justice |
| WEAKEST | Most spent working at weeks (7) |
