| LAIDON | Why a clock's useless - send up what's supplied (4,2) |
| STROKE | A beat of a heart; a hit of a ball in golf or tennis; a solidus or virgule; a pull of an oar; a sound of a clock's chime; or, a sudden sweep of genius or luck (6) |
| HAMMER | Tool used in forging; the striking part of a doorknocker or a clock's bell; a word for an accelerator pedal in motor racing; or, a gavel (6) |
| SNOOZE | Word for a catnap, used to denote a button for dozing a clock's alarm (6) |
| ATNOON | When all a clock's hands are straight up: 2 wds. |
| MINUTE | What a clock's big hand indicates |
| TOWELS | They're for giving up what's thrown in dry-cleaners perhaps (6) |
| TURGID | Tenor from old city to dig up what's tediously pompous (6) |
| SWATHE | Wrapping up what's electronic (6) |
| BADGER | Harry isn't good at, for example, bringing up what's right (6) |
| SPACER | Scrape up what's put in gap (6) |
| ILLUPI | I snatch up what's within fig tree |
| RATES | A clock's gains or losses in a unit of time; classes into which ships were assigned; or, a property tax |
| DOT | One of the points appearing on a clock's face to mark the hour, hence its reference in a phrase meaning "precisely on time"; or, any other small round symbol, such as a full stop (3) |
| PACKAGE | Wrap up a clock's faces with some newspaper (7) |
| TWICE | How many times a clock's little hand goes around in a full day |
| PENDULUM | A weighted rod used to regulate a clock's works by the regularity of its motion (8) |
| TOCK | Half a clock's vocabulary |
| NOON | When a clock's hands meet |
| HAND | Pointer on a clock's face |
