| NIGHTMAIL | Auden poem: close to the end when master interrupts |
| HARSHER | Rehash rehash right to the end when bleaker |
| SCHMALTZ | Master interrupts school dance, heading off soppy stuff |
| FINNISHLINE | "We're getting close to the end as the car from Helsinki leads the way to the ___!" |
| RELEGATE | Have to get real, at the end, when forced to go down to a lower level (8) |
| NIGHTWATCHMAN | Someone promoted up the ordinary batting order when a wicket falls close to the end of the day's pla |
| ALIENATED | Was in denial, at the end, when forced to be turned off (9) |
| REPLETE | About to start paying rent place, at the end, when well fed (7) |
| ODIC | Like poems close to Leonardo DiCaprio's heart (4) |
| ABODES | Homely poems close to a baby's heart |
| NEARS | Getting close to tennis player Marat is hard, close to the end (5,1,6) |
| AFINISH | Getting close to tennis player Marat is hard, close to the end (5,1,6) |
| NIGH | Close to the end of the day, virtually (4) |
| EMOTIVE | Has to move it around at the end, when feeling a bit tense (7) |
| NEUTRAL | Managed to take a left turn, at the end, when out of gear (7) |
| SETTLESON | Pays the bill for everyone, in the end, when one gets acclimatised (7,2) |
| HALLOWEEN | Henry to permit extremely evocative hymn at the end when it's celebrated on October 31st (9) |
| ENDURANCE | Can get under, at the end, when training to improve one's performance (9) |
| LASTRITES | Rituals at the end when saying goodbye (4,5) |
| DEMENTIA | Mind how it goes in the end when media net is scattered (8) |
