| LONGGONE | Yearn to leave the north-east, but it was in the distant past (8) |
| EXPEDITE | It would be expedient to leave the North and shift the last pair but do it quickly |
| EVENLODE | My sweetheart loved living in the north-east, but has moved to my tiny village near Broadwell (8) |
| EXODUS | Formerly, it was almost strange to us but it was in the good book (6) |
| YESTERYEAR | The day before, over 12 months, was in the distant past (10) |
| APPLES | Yearn to leave some fruit for others (6) |
| AROMATIC | Eccentric, amorous type leaves the North wearing a fragrance that is quite pleasing |
| NINEPIN | At home in the North-East, but nip out for something to be knocked down |
| LADEN | Santa's bag, as he leaves the North Pole |
| SENSELESS | It lessens in the South-East but it remains meaningless to me (9) |
| FUTILE | You take a lift in the East but it proves to be ineffectual |
| THERAVEN | Poem with the line, "Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December" |
| ADLIBBED | Filled in time by saying it was in the Bible, dad! (2,6) |
| PRISTINE | Like it was in the beginning, isn't ripe for development (8) |
| SOCALLED | Self-styled friendly gathering I left when it was in the van (2-6) |
| YEARSAGO | Why attention given to pudding in the distant past (5,3) |
| PERSEVERE | How it peeves to see my Rolls in the east but I keep on striving to get it |
| NOLONGER | Name lake in Oregon, sadly not now as it was in the past (2,6) |
| TEA | It flourishes in the East, but goes to pot here (3) |
| POE | Writer of the line "Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December" |
