| HOLDONESHORSES | Have to keep back a string, but will have to wait a while (4,4,6) |
| HOLDYOURHORSES | Have to keep back a string, but will have to wait a while (4,4,6) |
| SEE | It's a mom's frustrating answer that means you have to wait a little longer to find out if she will say "yes" or "no": "We'll ___" |
| LABOUR | May have a party, but will have to work hard for it (6) |
| RESETTLE | Was about to become stable, but will have to move again (8) |
| BELITTLE | Live for a short time, but will have to play things down (8) |
| UNLABELLED | Bundle all knotted together with string, but the tag's missing |
| ORCHESTRA | What can be symphony, chamber or string, but never solely wind? (9) |
| RAVIOLI | Uncooked string, but finishes off pasta (7) |
| HANG | It's out to spend time relaxing and it's on to wait a short time (4) |
| NOTYET | Stuff the broken toy brought in, but wait a while (3,3) |
| DABBLE | Might be bald, but will have a go at art (6) |
| PAUSE | Wait a while and tumultuous sea will get up (5) |
| TARRY | Fast runner has a posh car, in short. Just wait a while (5) |
| PROMISES | "But I have ... to keep / And miles to go before I sleep" (Frost) (8) |
| DISSOLVE | Failure to keep back in dodgy bar? Move to another view |
| SITAR | Its name means "three strings," but it can have up to 21 |
| PIANO | Instrument that contains strings but isn't a string instrument |
| SHY | Bashful, but will have a fling (3) |
| ALLINGOODTIME | Exhausted, I get mood changing - you must wait a while (3,2,4,4) |
