The attendants, without exception, having their wits about them (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

all there

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(Other definitions for all there that I've seen before include "rational" , "Completely sane" , "on one's trolley, presumably?" , "Not twenty-three [OUT TO LUNCH]" , "Nothing lacking, perfectly sane" .)

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