| GOWITHOUTSAYING | Normally expected to lack a proverb on leaving (2,7,6) |
| INDEED | End of a proverb on familiarity |
| PARA | Value normally expected with a soldier |
| ADAGES | Proverbs on one's date and time seen in a school entrance (6) |
| LIVE | Philosophical proverb on how we should behave and bond...if not for James Bond! (4,3,3,4) |
| ANDLETLIVE | Philosophical proverb on how we should behave and bond...if not for James Bond! (4,3,3,4) |
| BADGE | For Brock to lack a tail can be a significant thing (5) |
| NOTICED | Seen to lack a certain coolness |
| ORANGE | Color whose name is said to lack a rhyme |
| ZAPPER | 4 maybe seem to lack a debugging device (6) |
| ALLURE | Totally guaranteed to lack a trace of sex appeal |
| CACKLED | Cried chicken because Ed happened to lack a hundred (7) |
| HADDOCK | Didn't lack a place to land fish (7) |
| PACKANIMAL | Lack a map in wild to see donkey, maybe (4,6) |
| ENVY | European sailors lack a desire for what others have (4) |
| HEARTLESS | Cruel characters lack a core (9) |
| ALLIES | They fight with each other, but the sorties lack a leader (6) |
| ITCHES | It irritates women who spell but lack a leader (6) |
| APES | Large primates that lack a tail (4) |
| CALKEPARK | Does this National Trust estate strangely lack a perk for visitors? (5,4) |
