| YESNO | Like a question for which 'maybe' is not an option |
| YESORNO | Type of question for which "maybe" is an unacceptable response: Hyph. |
| ASKANCE | Sounds like a question for the aunts and a look of disapproval (7) |
| DROPOUT | Quick descent is not an option, throw in the towel! (4,3) |
| RHETORICAL | Like a question asked for effect, not for a reply |
| UNSTABLE | In Paris, a place for Arabs, maybe, is not firmly established? (8) |
| IHAVETO | 'It's not an option for me' |
| DIESEL | For petrolheads, it's not an option! (6) |
| TANKARD | From which maybe one drank, thanks to making a start (7) |
| SQUAREONE | Starting point for endeavour in which maybe four succeeded, reportedly? |
| EMBELLISHMENT | Adding a few things to the story which maybe didn't quite happen |
| RIGHTO | Being socially aware, maybe, is not ending very well |
| OPERA | Norma maybe is not entirely cooperative |
| ROTTEN | To rent, maybe, is not good (6) |
| INFERIOR | Taking the wrong iron out of the fire, maybe, is not so good (8) |
| UPTALK | Rise in pitch that can make a statement sound like a question |
| OPENENDED | Like a question without a definite answer |
| IRAQIS | Murdoch, for example takes a question for Middle Easterners |
| NONO | Possibility that's not an option |
| ELECTIVE | Somehow live with cat? Nee, not an option! (8) |
