| VANDALS | V5 Take a minute, working with weight for Victorian novel (9) |
| MOONSTONE | Take a minute, working with weight for Victorian novel (9) |
| TONING | Working with weights, perhaps |
| BALACLAVA | Apt headgear for Victorian engagement? (9) |
| NOTSOFAST | "Let's take a minute here" |
| WHELP | Assistance with weight for young boxer, say (5) |
| PLANKTON | Element of policy with weight for drifting masses |
| DEIGHTON | Period, we're told, with weight for thriller writer |
| PRERAPHAELITE | Prepare a lithe model for Victorian artist (3-10) |
| BJAR | Glass cover for Victorian bric-a-brac |
| TEAGOWN | Dress for Victorian ladies for informal parties at home |
| SHERIFF | Victorian novel with repeated phrase for honorary official (7) |
| TWIST | Don't stick a hero in a Victorian novel (5) |
| AMOURS | Affairs take a minute, for us |
| MINUET | Let's dance! It will just take a minute! (6) |
| RUMBA | Massage takes a minute inside - one's on the floor for it |
| AMIGO | Friend takes a minute with soldier making climb over |
| OTHELLO | Board game that takes "a minute to learn, a lifetime to master" |
| LOWER | Reduce meal requests, say, for Victorian poor (5,6) |
| ORDERS | Reduce meal requests, say, for Victorian poor (5,6) |
