| MAKEANIGHTOFIT | Party late and get a thing reorganised? |
| OBSESS | Get a thing about bosses (6) |
| DOLTS | Fools party late so regularly (5) |
| DOTARDS | Old fools party late, mostly with drop of sherry (7) |
| SETALIGHT | See staggering in late and get blazing |
| BURNTHE | (& 12-across, 22-across) Go to bed late and get up early (4,3,6,2,4,4) |
| ADAY | "___ Late and a Dollar Short" (Terry McMillan novel) |
| NEMBUTAL | It could make you get off transport late and numb |
| TOLERANCE | Old, extremely late and in a daze? Show forbearance! (9) |
| ARI | ___ Parata, late and lamented Home and Away guy (3) |
| TUTELAR | Out late and in a rut protecting others |
| LIEINWAIT | Get up late and hesitate to prepare an ambush (3,2,4) |
| LAHDIDAH | Ostentatious ayatollah did a Hajj, setting off late and finishing early (3-2-3) |
| NONOS | Showing up late and talking about your ex, for a first date |
| AETAS | Perhaps a late and wiser "age" pleases you? Ovid AA 1.65 |
| CRAM | Stay up late and study |
| ETAL | Late and covers the others (2,2) |
| ICEBOUND | Heading for French resort, starting late and delayed by adverse weather |
| TEA | Aerosmith "Sleeping late and smoking ___" |
| IDLER | I had clerk starting late and finishing early - layabout |
