| SPEEDREADER | Person who can devour a 500-page tome in a few hours, perhaps |
| TIMETABLE | A few hours perhaps on board according to the programme (9) |
| HIPPO | Animal that can devour a watermelon in one bite |
| MENU | Listing of stuff you can devour |
| SNAILS | Slugs and ___ can devour unprotected seedlings (6) |
| AFTERNOON | A front one designed in a few hours (9) |
| FOALS | Babies that learn to walk in a few hours |
| LATER | In a few hours |
| FEAST | Finish multiple courses in a few hours |
| THROWBACKS | Back in two hours, perhaps to redesign them - they're a bit old-fashioned |
| PIPEDREAM | Futile hope to find a character in Dickens edition with 500 pages |
| FRET | A bar/ridge on a fingerboard; an interlaced pattern; trellis work; a sea fog; or, from "eat, consume, devour", a word meaning "worry" (4) |
| NICKIMINAJ | Singer who was detained by Dutch police at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam on Saturday; she livestreamed the event, and was released a few hours later after paying a fine |
| MOLIERE | French playwright who died a few hours after performing in the last play he'd written (7) |
| TIMEONONESHANDS | A ringer perhaps for big Ben has a few hours to kill (4,2,3'1,5) |
| NIGHTPROWLING | Pussyfooting around after hours perhaps is almost tense for those looking for a catch (5-8) |
| RECAPITULATE | Go over a picture needing editing after office hours perhaps |
| LIGHT | Unlike a tome, in two ways |
| BOOKPLATE | A decorative label bearing the identifying coat of arms, crest, ex libris, motto or simply the name of the owner of the tome in which it is pasted (9) |
| TRIGONOMETRY | Tamper with broadcast accompanying new tome in test for understanding all the various sides and angl |
