| EE | Suffix for absent or train |
| EES | Suffix for absent or adopt |
| SLUG | Terrestrial gastropod mollusc with an absent or reduced shell |
| POSTALVOTE | Arrangement for absent elector |
| DOODLER | Odd role created for absent-minded scribbler |
| TEMPS | Fill-ins for absent workers |
| MISSUS | Feel longing for absent American wife (6) |
| AWOL | Its first letter stands for "absent" (abbr.) |
| NOSHOW | Child raised question for absent guest |
| NYMPH | Quiet hymn written for absent shepherd's partner (5) |
| BREASTBONE | Part of the skeleton absent or damaged - live without it |
| LACK | The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable. |
| REGENT | Who rules a country if a monarch is absent or ill? (6) |
| TIMECARDS | Folk may naughtily process them for absent colleagues -scam tried out (9) |
| EULER | Maths expert's the person in charge when Head of English stands in for absent cover (5) |
| CARPARKING | Pack raring to go off to space for absent drivers (3,7) |
| GROUP | A ___ of camels is known as a caravan, flock, train or herd. For example, when travelling in single file under human control they form a caravan or train. When unorganized and on their own, a herd. |
| FARE | To travel or journey; money paid for conveyance on a bus, plane or train; or, a passenger in a taxi (4) |
| STOP | A break or pause in a journey; a short stay; a standstill; or, a halting place for a bus or train (4) |
| FUSE | Word for melt; or, from "spindle", a cord or train of combustible material for igniting an explosive (4) |
