| STRIPCARTOON | Procrastination, though not in a funny set of pictures |
| DRIP | Fall, though not in a big way, for a bore (4) |
| XRAYS | Set of pictures at a dentist's |
| MOODBOARD | Set of pictures curated to capture a vibe |
| BESTBEFOREDATE | A guarantee of freshness, though not in the matchmaking business? |
| LITRE | Unit of liquid capacity (though not in the UK of beer) (5) |
| PESO | Currency in eight countries (though not in its country of origin) |
| DINGBATS | Calm in recession round northern Britain, though not in Australia! |
| EIDER | Girl spoken of, though not in Scotland, duck |
| BOTTLENECK | Hold-up, though not in the supply of booze |
| TAHITI | Pacific island takes a blow during tsunami, though not in the middle |
| MAKESOMEONESDAY | Cause great delight, though not in hours of darkness? |
| SHINOFBEEF | Fishy fishbone fine, though not in joint of meat (4,2,4) |
| VIRTUALLY | In effect, though not in fact |
| CONVERSE | Talk, though not in favour of poetry (8) |
| OUTOFPLAY | In touch perhaps, though not in the cast (3,2,4) |
| OUTPACE | Beat in race, though not in step (7) |
| OUTCLASS | Be a cut above though not in form (8) |
| PASS | Succeed in love, though not in accepting love (4) |
| ROCKETSCIENCE | Agricultural study of one of those in the cabbage family - in a funny way, it's not complicated (6,7) |
