| ONOATH | Some time ago no athlete would have sworn (2,4) |
| RACER | Athlete would be naughtier were I to enter |
| GALILEO | Scientist forced to lie long ago: no good coming out of that (7) |
| EXCUSEMYFRENCH | I could have sworn tourist might say this in Paris? (6,2,6) |
| BLOODBROTHERS | Men who have sworn to treat each other as close relatives (5,8) |
| AGOUTI | Some time ago, utility rooms contained this rodent (6) |
| CARHOP | Server on skates, some time ago |
| BUSTED | Caught transport with unruly adolescent some time ago (6) |
| AFRICA | Continent out of which there's always something new, according to Pliny some time ago |
| SINCE | Some of yours sincerely, some time ago (5) |
| EPOCH | Looking back, he boxed officer some time ago perhaps (5) |
| APOTHECARY | He dispensed with scruples some time ago |
| INTHEPAST | Curious hatpin set of some time ago (2,3,4) |
| PESETAS | Vegetables with gel put in tin some time ago |
| GULLIVER | Swift traveller booked some time ago |
| GOLDENAGE | Some time ago, legend perhaps may show us |
| YESTERDAY | Beatles' hit, some time ago |
| IRAN | I governed Persia some time ago |
| LIEUTENANTCOLONEL | A step up for one who attained his majority some time ago |
| ONCE | Had to share in concession some time ago (4) |
