| PROMPTON | Be punctual and achieve success before a certain point (6,2,3,3) |
| THEDOT | Be punctual and achieve success before a certain point (6,2,3,3) |
| WINKING | Signalling success before a ruler |
| ONTIME | Punctual and with the beat (2,4) |
| TAKESIDES | Join party and film extracts before a certain date |
| PREINDUSTRIAL | After pressure, check remains on currency before a certain revolution |
| UNDERAGE | Those born before a certain time (8) |
| ERASURE | Hesitation before a certain deletion (7) |
| NINESCORE | A number of Muses hit target and achieve 180! (4,5) |
| COUP | Put nothing in the cup and achieve a masterstroke |
| IDO | Affirmation before a certain pronouncement |
| IMPROMPTU | One claims to be punctual, posh and spontaneous (9) |
| PROMPT | To be punctual is to be what (6) |
| KEEPTIME | What a conductor will do to be punctual (4,4) |
| TIME | What a conductor will do to be punctual (4,4) |
| KEEP | What a conductor will do to be punctual (4,4) |
| WINTERREISE | Success before mistake in it, see, ruined song cycle (11) |
| GOODDAY | Wishing success before tomorrow? (4,3) |
| UPSTREAM | Against the current, having periods of success before time, leaves (8) |
| NYLON | One of a pair only to be found at a certain point (5) |
