| SNORERS | Not always the best roommates |
| RUNNINGMATES | For the record, joggers perhaps are not always the best of political friends (7,5) |
| SLOBS | People who aren't the best roommates |
| EAT | "People who love to ___ are always the best people": Julia Child |
| VARIES | Figure the sign is not always the same |
| LONGLEG | Yet he is not always the tallest person on the field (4,3) |
| RELATIVISTS | People who believe that the truth is not always the same but varies according to circumstances (11) |
| CONSISTENT | A top racer who is always there, if not always the fastest, is branded as this. (10) |
| SOMETIMES | Not always the full amount reported by newspaper |
| INCONSISTENT | Not always the same |
| BIGIDEAS | Not always the products of great minds! |
| ANGLE | Not always the right line of approach (5) |
| CHANGEABLE | Loose cash bishop invested in beer: not always the same |
| MIDDLE | ..yet he is not always the centre of attention ( 7,2,3,6) |
| MALCOLM | ...yet he is not always the centre of attention (7,2,3,6) |
| INTHE | ..yet he is not always the centre of attention ( 7,2,3,6) |
| VARIED | Not always the same note after G in Verdi transcription (6) |
| GENDERIDENTITY | *It's not always the same as one's assigned sex at birth |
| ODDCOUPLE | Mismatched roommates may not even have success with the French (3,6) |
| ODD | The ___ Couple (old sitcom about mismatched roommates) |
