| OUZEL | Zealous, but not as perhaps, a blackbird lookalike (5) |
| ARSENIC | As perhaps, a rule since broken |
| RAVEN | Bird that's black but not a blackbird (5) |
| HOLES | As perhaps picked for putting? (5) |
| MERLE | An old, poetic or Scottish name for a blackbird that also refers to a collie or other dog with a bluish-grey coat speckled or dappled with black (5) |
| OUSEL | Old name for a blackbird; also a kind of thrush (5) |
| ELEMI | Natural resin in a sea mile, but not as in formation (5) |
| NOTES | They may be spent, but not as musicians utter them (5) |
| UNDER | Torn, but not as to the bottom (5) |
| DROVE | Followed the herd, maybe, but not as passenger (5) |
| ANNUL | Nullify the annuals, but not as we know them (5) |
| TASTY | Flavourful, but not as typified by inclusion (5) |
| ENVOI | Ending with evasion, but not as featured (5) |
| METRO | Maestro (but not as in underground) (5) |
| RULER | Surreal, but not as it can be for underlining (5) |
| ISSUE | Publication was in dispute but not as Aussies (5) |
| LENDS | Gives, but not as a gift |
| REPEL | Resist repeals, but not as being lost (5) |
| ONTHE | Making progress, and then some, but not as planned (2,3,4) |
| HILLY | Mountainy, but not as high? |
