| DECISIVE | I have to finish ___ 31 days is final (8) |
| NONESUCH | Single by star, cut in concert hall in the old days, is perfect (8) |
| ABRIDGED | Link-in these days is short (8) |
| LETTERED | Highly educated character, one whose word is final? (8) |
| ULTIMATE | The last word is final. (8) |
| ANALYSIS | Richard Gere's' is final (8) |
| GLOSSARY | A horse's third in photo finish ___ that explains everything! (8) |
| EMOTIVE | Inspiring feelings about book I have to finish (7) |
| ENDIVE | Part of salad I have to finish as starter (6) |
| MISSIVE | When I have to finish with a girl, a Ietler's needed (7) |
| ABOVO | From start to finish, ____ ____ usque ad mala (lit., from egg to apples, vide Hor. Sat. 1.3.6-7) |
| CRESCENDO | Soccer game about to finish ___ more roars from the crowd? (9) |
| DIESELOIL | Fuel to finish ___ and plug boxes call for attention (6,3) |
| GAFFE | The boss isn't allowed to finish ___ that's a faux pas (5) |
| EVADE | First woman to ring these days is the one to dodge (5) |
| BUDGETSPEECH | Shift to Right is final - talk is, the Minister for Finance is responsible for it (6,6) |
| END | You have to finish in seven days, or ten, definitely (3) |
| ENDURE | Have to finish, in turn, about to bear the brunt (6) |
| MORELATER | "I'll have to finish this story another time" |
| RUGBY | Team game or sport said to have been originated by William Webb Ellis at the public school where Tom Brown's School Days is set (5) |
