| TRAGIC | Top lawyer played brief trick but it wasn't funny |
| AROUSAL | Excitement is a brief trick on almost everyone (7) |
| NOTMYCUPOFTEHEE | 'The comedian just wasn't funny'? |
| BOO | "That joke wasn't funny!" |
| ILLBITE | "It's a trick, but tell me" |
| TEMPORARY | PM, a Tory, re-assembled it but it wasn't to last (9) |
| OKILLBITE | "This may be a trick, but tell me" |
| PREST | Shakespearean ready to herald magic trick, but nothing vanishes! (5) |
| OKAYILLBITE | "This has gotta be a trick, but ..." |
| WERE | "But it wasn't a dream. It was a place. And you, and you, and you ... and you ___ there" |
| ALAS | "But it wasn't meant to be" |
| PRIMROSEPATH | But it wasn't all easy going for the vicar of Wakefield |
| TEAPARTY | But it wasn't an informal gathering in Boston |
| THIRTEEN | But it wasn't unlucky for Holly Hunter (8) |
| ACCIDENT | Edict can be put out, but it wasn't intentional (8) |
| SURPRISE | Knight got award, reportedly, but it wasn't expected |
| OMISSION | Principal officer was given important assignment but it wasn't mentioned, perhaps deliberately |
| NED | Lawyer played by William Hurt in "Body Heat" |
| ANITA | ___ Hill (lawyer played by Kerry Washington in HBO's "Confirmation") |
| KIM | First name of the lawyer played by Rhea Seehorn on Better Call Saul |
