| TRAPPISTS | Rat runs very quietly to the first and second monks (9) |
| ENDPAPERS | ____ connect the boards of a hardback book to the first and last pages |
| TEASEAPART | Carefully distinguish ... or a phonetic hint to the first and last letters of 17-, 26-, 48-, and 61-Across |
| NARRATIVE | I?ve arrived at the conclusion to find the rat ran back for the story (9) |
| DISAPPEAR | "Go away", said rudely and very quietly to listener (9) |
| MEZZANINE | The setter, two zulus (adult) and a cardinal ___ it might be between the first and second (9) |
| APPRAISED | Was assessed as one very quietly to be upgraded (9) |
| CRABAPPLE | Little credit when Bjorn leaves ABBA very quietly to get the French fruit (4,5) |
| LEFTRIGHT | Repeated words in a drill sergeant's marching order, and a hint to how the first and second word, in |
| PERSEVERE | Exercise runs very demanding? Don't give up! |
| SCOUNDREL | Rat run closed off (9) |
| GRANDTOUR | God takes rat run, cycling in Giro d'Italia, say (5,4) |
| DELICIOUS | Wandering, taking colt for run - very nice (9) |
| GIRDLEOFVENUE | In palmistry, a semi-circular line extending from between the first and second fingers to between the third and fourth (6,2,5) |
| PROPEL | Drive quietly - or return quietly - to the Spanish (6) |
| DISAPPROVE | Doctor said over and over, very quietly, to look down one's nose (10) |
| SCHLEPP | Second companion largely guided very quietly to haul something heavy (7) |
| TRAINSPOTTING | Running without effort, moving quietly to the last activity of the line (13) |
| USHER | A guide for the first and second and third persons? |
| ORDINALNUMBERS | Fancy Dublin manor's home to Queen Elizabeth the First and Second? |
