| CONCEIT | From bric-a-brac once I took an antique ornament |
| SIAM | I took an American uncle round the old country (4) |
| HOST | "When all at once I saw a crowd / a ... of golden daffodils (Wordsworth) |
| OZYMANDIAS | It begins "I met a traveller from an antique land" |
| EGO | From Rome once I travel on east (3) |
| QUACKSALVER | Once I faked noise from bird tray |
| EAGLE | Laura Marling album Once I Was An ___(5) |
| RUN | *Tainted Love: "Once I ran to you, now I ___" |
| ONETWOTHREEFOUR | Counting before five, once I caught a fish alive! (3,3,5,4) |
| SLEEPER | Beam supporting a railway track; an antique or a work of art that has been undervalued and consequently left unsold; or, a spy who is lying low and waiting to be activated (7) |
| IMET | "_ ___ a traveller from an antique land..." - Percy Bysshe Shelley, Ozymandias |
| MARLING | Laura, English folk singer/ songwriter noted for her 2013 album Once I Was An Eagle (7) |
| INVOICE | Once, I went to a leading vendor in the middle of Charminster and they gave me the incorrect bill for the goods they supplied (7) |
| EXCORIATE | Skin colour's origin's apparent once I speak about it! (9) |
| EGOS | More than once, I say so contrarily (4) |
| CHOUENLAI | Losing pressman once I hauled away old Communist leader (4,2-3) |
| NEWS | Once, I was regularly in the paper (4) |
| PASTRAMI | Finished with lamb once, I get beef |
| MARCHIONESSES | Senior ladies -- 'smashers' once, I fancy |
| ONEPIECE | Like some swimwear once I pee freely |