| KILLTIME | Do a sudoku puzzle or two, perhaps |
| NONET | One of the 3x3 boxes of a sudoku puzzle; or, a composition for nine instruments or nine voices (5) |
| ODIE | Dog who solved a sudoku puzzle in a 2010 comic strip |
| NINTHS | The rows or columns of a sudoku puzzle, e.g. |
| NUMBER | One of a series of digits entered into a sudoku puzzle (6) |
| ONE | Lowest number in a sudoku puzzle |
| LOGIC | Means to solving a sudoku puzzle |
| NINES | Highest digits in a sudoku puzzle |
| ONES | Lowest digits in a sudoku puzzle |
| CELL | Square in a sudoku puzzle |
| NINE | Number of boxes in a sudoku puzzle |
| DIGIT | A toe or two perhaps? |
| DRAMATISED | Put on an act (or two perhaps) |
| NUMERAL | Symbol representing one or two, perhaps? (7) |
| INTEGER | Having missed starter, gourmand gobbles sheep - one or two, perhaps |
| PRIMENUMBER | Excellent anaesthetic for one or two, perhaps |
| CARDINALNUMBERS | One or two perhaps count in conclave (8,7) |
| OPENER | One or two perhaps at the MCC? |
| TEASER | A prankster, ribber, tantaliser or taunter; a brain-twister, mind-bender, poser, puzzle or other riddle; a jaeger; a cryptic advertisement designed to entice or titillate; or, a wool-comber (6) |
| TICKLER | A puzzle or brainteaser; a poker; a Dickensian word for a cane; a dram of spirits; or, a memorandum (7) |
