| VERMICELLI | Escargot, we know, but Italian worms must be past a proper definition! (10) |
| GLADIASKED | "Good to know, but wish you'd told me sooner" |
| GIANTSNAIL | ESCARGOT set in a lasting environment? (5,5) |
| SNAILSPACE | Leisurely rate of making room for escargot (5'1,4) |
| CORDONBLEU | I'm surprised to get into starters of brie, langoustine, escargots, unusually: fancy, French food! (6,4) |
| NAILSNAILS | Cook escargots perfectly? |
| CHARMERS | They're so delightful to know but apt to be snaky! (8) |
| ALASKA | Old riddle: "What did Delaware?" Answer: "I don't know, but ___" |
| CORUNDUM | It's hard I know - but see you in the mud, Ron! (8) |
| INFLUENTIAL | Is in the know but that's fine until the French get involved |
| GRIEF | "What's gone and what's past help / Should be past ____" (The Winter's Tale) |
| AGO | A shot at it shows the time to be past (3) |
| HUMORME | "I know, but do it anyway" |
| GUESSED | Didn't know but said something anyway |
| SIRI | One of her responses to "What's the meaning of life?" is "I don't know. But I think there's an app for that." |
| OBSOLETE | Fish in batter to be past its sell-by date (8) |
| INCUNABLE | Old book (in English) with change of heart may be past praying for (9) |
| RESTHOME | Here most trouble may be past for convalescents (4,4) |
| AGONY | Pain will show time to be past for city in the States (5) |
| ASHARDASNAILS | A 10 when eating escargot that's tough (2,4,2,5) |
