| NEAR | One arrives shortly if not far away |
| SHEAR | She arrives shortly to take off the woolly coat (5) |
| NOOSE | Thing a cowboy might use shortly if returning close to cattle (5) |
| FLY | Insect; shortly, if after a 9 Down? (3) |
| ANTENATAL | Aerial, not new, having height cut down before new one arrives |
| ROLLSUP | Puts the bandage away when one arrives (5,2) |
| TRIPLET | Allowed to go on journey, one arrives with company? |
| MEETS | Is waiting there when one arrives and settles up with (5) |
| LATECOMER | One arrives behind time, fixing metal core |
| EARLYBIRD | One arrives in good time, like the archaeopteryx? (5,4) |
| COMPARES | One arrives over par, to weigh things up (8) |
| TURNSUP | Is found, just as one arrives (5,2) |
| COMPETES | Takes part as one arrives, holding a favourite (8) |
| GETSIN | Finds time for, when one arrives home (4,2) |
| COMESABOUT | Happens when one arrives to discuss (5,5) |
| DESADE | He wrote "It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure" |
| RACER | Competitor No 1 arrives in Rolls-Royce (5) |
| ENDINVIEW | What one's aiming for with the finale not far away? (3,2,4) |
| ATCLOSEQUARTERS | One time near accommodation that's not far away (2,5,8) |
| LOCAL | Buffalo calling from not far away |
