| CLOSEBUTNOCIGAR | Cuban ecologist version right, but not good enough for Havana? |
| NOCIGAR | Good, but not good enough |
| NEWTOWN | Scientist without direction, not good enough for Milton Keynes? (3,4) |
| NOBLE | Not good enough for university team? University ditched with some honour |
| BENE | Next best, in short, is not good enough for an ancient Roman to express advisedly! (4,4) |
| NOTA | Next best, in short, is not good enough for an ancient Roman to express advisedly! (4,4) |
| BENEATH | Not good enough for |
| LATER | Dead right, but not for a while |
| EXTRA | For example, wide on the right, but not the edges (5) |
| OKAY | All right, but not especially good |
| SHORT | Fired about right, but not far enough (5) |
| WASPS | Good pollinators / consumers of plant-eating insects - but not good for picnickers! (5) |
| CHEROOT | Cuban revolutionary getting support for Havana? |
| CABELLO | Camila, Cuban-American singer/songwriter noted for Havana (7) |
| ANGLE | It may be right, but not left |
| UNEQUAL | During June qualifies all right, but not as a peer (7) |
| FOUR | Number good books, but not Good Book? |
| OLDFLAME | Female in metallic fabric, but not good for ex? |
| SIDESPLITTING | Very funny but not good for team spirit (4-9) |
| HUMIDOR | Protection for Havana I'd detected in American mood |
