| UNPERSON | One whose existence is officially denied or ignored |
| YETI | Still one whose existence is unconfirmed |
| HIDDEN | Part of orchid denied or concealed |
| STALACTITE | One whose existence depends on dripping (10) |
| LEPER | One who is despised or ignored (5) |
| ION | Any one of the electrically charged atoms whose existence in emeralds, garnets, rubies, sapphires etc is central to said gems' colouration (3) |
| EXILE | Punishment, such as that imposed upon Napoleon I or Joseph Brodsky, in which a person is officially expelled from his or her own country |
| OSCAR | One is officially called an "Academy Award of Merit" |
| HANGINGGARDENSOFBABYLON | The only one of the "seven wonders" whose existence has never been proved |
| THENSA | Agcy. whose existence was once a secret |
| GOBY | Gets abandoned, rejected or ignored (2,2,3,5) |
| UNLISTENEDTO | Outlines tend to be blurred or ignored (10-2) |
| NONELECT | Like the Queen, eg, in name only, an ecclesiast or ignored |
| GOBYTHEBOARD | Be discarded or ignored (2,2,3,5) |
| THEBOARD | Be discarded or ignored (2,2,3,5) |
| ODDLY | Sordid play seen off and on -- or ignored in this way? (5) |
| SPURNED | Avoided or ignored (7) |
| PASSESANOPINION | Expressed a view or ignored it (6,2,7) |
| BATTLEFIELD | Fight here if held up by British PM or ignored by Lord |
| SIDELINED | Left out or ignored (9) |
