Related Clues:

• Departed, and others returned
• Former, delayed
• Dead tardy
• Behind time with others returning
• Far on in the day
• Having bought it after the sell-by date?
• Tardy; dead
• Gone, or yet to come
• Dead on time? Not quite
• Dead on time? No!
• Dead, in deflated dinghy
• Behind time; deceased
• Delayed like Marquand's Apley?
• Dead; tardy
• At nine and a half months, say