| PARTICIPLE | Something past or present |
| BLUE | A past or present representative of Cambridge or Oxford in varsity sports; or, the colours awarded for such an achievement (4) |
| TENSE | It may be past or present |
| SERPENT | Instrument of the past or present, maybe |
| WYKEHAMIST | Past or present member of Winchester College (10) |
| TENSED | Braced for past or present danger at the outset (6) |
| READ | Take in the printed word, past or present! (4) |
| FUTURE | Not the past or present |
| SMUGGLER | One sneaking something past customs (8) |
| NOSTALGIC | Longing for something past - at closing (anag) (9) |
| ACE | Put something past? |
| NOSTALGIA | Sentimental longing for something past (9) |
| RELIC | A surviving memorial of something past. (5) |
| ELEGIAC | Expressing poetic sorrow for something past (7) |
| DIGUPTHEPAST | Sounds like something past master would do to expose old muck (3,2,3,4) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| REPENT | Change from evil past or heartless present possibly |
| OMNI | "Potent" or "present" preceder |
