| NONCE | For the present (5) |
| YET | For the present |
| SANTA | Kids rely on him, for the present! (5,5) |
| CLAUS | Kids rely on him, for the present! (5,5) |
| TODAY | Trifle with attorney for the present (5) |
| OASIS | Refuge that lacks nothing for the present? (5) |
| TENSE | For the present, perhaps, is keyed up (5) |
| SNOWS | They drift for the present on board ship (5) |
| CAROL | Song for the present day? |
| ADAGE | A proverb for the present times |
| BOOKTOKEN | Reserve water tester over the weekend at Point - for the present it may be a novel inducement (4,5) |
| BIRTHDAYCAKE | For the present time, Madeira, for one, is popular for an annual blow-out? (8,4) |
| TRAINSET | Coach is fully prepared and is on track for what any boy could accept for the present (5,3) |
| HERE | For the present, put her at the back of the queue |
| WRAPPINGPAPER | Cover, for the present (8,5) |
| FORTHETIMEBEING | Just for the present (3,3,4,5) |
| GIFTWRAPPING | Talent for tying up loose ends perhaps for the present (4,8) |
| TROJANHORSE | Skirmishing to John's rear for the present in war (6,5) |
| GIFT | No rates for gas fitter for the present? (4) |
| OFFING | No sign of hesitation for the present, or the future? |
