| STRAIGHTOFF | Without hesitation or deliberation |
| DIRECTLY | Without hesitation or delay |
| LEGERDEMAIN | Dealing with me, surprisingly, without hesitation or trickery |
| UNRESERVEDLY | Wholeheartedly, without hesitation or doubt (12) |
| ADVISEMENT | Archaic term for counsel or deliberation (10) |
| FORETHOUGHT | Advance consideration or deliberation (11) |
| AGRAPHA | Utterances ascribed to Jesus by silver artist, perhaps, without hesitation or afterthought (7) |
| NUMBERING | ... to anaesthetising without hesitation or any system of counting (9) |
| ATTHEDROPOFAHAT | At once, without hesitation or delay (2,3,4,2,1,3) |
| CONFER | Consult together; compare opinions; carry on a discussion or deliberation. (6) |
| RESOLVE | Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation (7) |
| ATTHEDROP | (& 29-across) Without hesitation or good reason (2,3,4,2,1,3) |
| ER | Expressing hesitation or a pause in speech |
| UM | Expressing hesitation or a pause in speech |
| HMMM | Expressions of hesitation or reflection (4) |
| ERROR | It's a mistake to express hesitation or turn and run (5) |
| PARTNERS | A bit North and South about hesitation, or maybe East and West (8) |
| TOTTER | To race with hesitation, or to move slowly (6) |
| RENDER | You have the right to finish with hesitation or just give up (6) |
| UMS | Exclamations expressing hesitations or pauses in speech (3) |
