| DEADLINE | The phone was out of order at the closing date (8) |
| PHENOMENA | They happen to mean phone was out of order |
| ROTATOR | Tot to roar out of order at the twister (7) |
| PARANOID | Black Sabbath hit, played at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games (8) |
| RECALLED | Remembered phone was in the grass (8) |
| MELBOURNE | At the closing ceremony of the 1956 Olympics, the traditional parade of national teams was discarded for the first time, and athletes were allowed to mingle as they moved around the stadium. This was |
| SYNDROME | Condition of church council abandoning order at the capital (8) |
| AMERICAS | Protesters demanded the closing of School of the ___, a training center for Latin American soldiers |
| CURTAINS | Word for drapes or portieres; or, alluding to the closing or falling of these, the end, death or ruin (8) |
| SHUTDOWN | The closing of a factory, shop, etc (8) |
| IANSMITH | Actor who recently reprised his role as Harold Bishop for the closing episodes of Neighbours (3,5) |
| ENDCRAWL | Another name for the closing credits (3,5) |
| ENDTITLE | Theme that plays over the closing credits |
| WATERLOOSUNSET | 1967 song by The Kinks performed by Ray Davies at the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics |
| YVONNE | Australian opera singer who sang at the closing ceremony of the 2000 Olympics, ... Kenny |
| NSYNC | Anthem singers at the closing ceremony of the Salt Lake City Olympics |
| HER | Musician who performed at the Closing Ceremony of the 2024 Olympics |
| ENDING | It's a wind-up at the closing stages in Government (6) |
| FINAL | Alf gets in at the closing stages |
| CORRECTED | Crete was out of order in line, but put it right (9) |
