| MIDMORNING | Coffee break time ... and a hint to an abbreviation |
| BACKTOSQUAREONE | Start again: in this puzzle that leads to an abbreviation (4,2,6,3) |
| INSIDEMAN | Helper in a bank job, and a hint to an infiltrator in six Across answers |
| GETTHESHOWONTHEROAD | Begin something, or a hint to an arrangement formed by each pair of starred clues' answers |
| AGESANDAGES | Very long time, and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| QANDASESSION | Press time (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) |
| SPRINGBREAK | Collegians' getaway time, and a hint to this puzzle's circles |
| YAWN | Hint to an unexciting speaker |
| POSTAGESTAMP | Staff needing a long time and a pound to make mailroom purchase? (7,5) |
| ARENA | Retrospectively, a time and a place for sporting contest (5) |
| VETERAN | Old and experienced doctor gets time and a quarter |
| OMEGA | Last in series after a long time, and a brief one, are up |
| AEON | A long time and a bad one |
| QUICKTURNAROUND | Timely response time, and a theme hint |
| MEAN | Time and a half is a bit miserly (4) |
| TENAM | First coffee break time, perhaps |
| CURIO | An abbreviation of a word for inquisitiveness that is used to refer to an intriguing, rare or strange knick-knack or article of bric-a-brac (5) |
| WAIT | Bide one's time, and a word that may precede the answers to starred clues |
| LOVE | Gaspar Noe movie with a two-hour-plus run time and a seven-page screenplay |
| CUES | Hints to an actor |
