| TENSE | Past or present, in grammar |
| ELABORATE | Develop or present in further detail (9) |
| BLUE | A past or present representative of Cambridge or Oxford in varsity sports; or, the colours awarded for such an achievement (4) |
| READ | Take in the printed word, past or present! (4) |
| SERPENT | Instrument of the past or present, maybe |
| PARTICIPLE | Something past or present |
| WYKEHAMIST | Past or present member of Winchester College (10) |
| TENSED | Braced for past or present danger at the outset (6) |
| FUTURE | Not the past or present |
| TRAY | A board, salver or shallow receptacle in various forms in/on which to bake brownies or flapjacks, carry crockery, grow seedlings, hold papers or present visiting cards (4) |
| YORE | Times in distant past or in the old style |
| FORMERLY | In the past or in earlier times (8) |
| SURPRISE | From the Latin meaning "to seize", a word for a sudden attack originally, later an astonishing or unexpected event, fact or present etc; or, the feeling of mild shock as a result of said startlement ( |
| GIFT | From "payment for a wife", word for a donation, offering or present; or, a natural ability or talent (4) |
| SUBMIT | Hand in or present (6) |
| OMNI | Lead-in to bus or present |
| REPENT | Change from evil past or heartless present possibly |
| INTENSE | Is feeling passionate in the past, or future (7) |
| NEVER | At no time in the past or future (5) |
| NONCE | November in the past or current period |
