| SUBSIDE | Go down - because they are not the first team? (7) |
| SUCCEED | Are not the first to do well (7) |
| SECONDELEVEN | Not the first team to enter the fray |
| OCEAN | Cape fur seals are often referred to as the "dogs of the___" because they are playful and friendly |
| DONALBAIN | In 2.4, Duncan's two sons have fled and are hiding because they are under suspicion for having killed Duncan. What is the name of the second son? |
| ORANGES | They are not the only fruit, wrote Jeanette Winterson (7) |
| BESIDES | They are not the best teams, we hear, anyway (7) |
| CURTAIN | Window dressers? They are not the main events (7,7) |
| RAISERS | Window dressers? They are not the main events (7,7) |
| FAKES | Pretends they are not the real thing (5) |
| MINORS | They are not the main keys, Morris (6) |
| TRIERS | They are not the ones to give up! |
| HEART | Seals are able to save oxygen when diving because they are able to slow down their ___ rate |
| MAMMALS | Seals are ___ because they are warm - blooded, have hair or fur, the females secrete milk for feeding their young, and give birth to live young |
| IGNORED | "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ___": Aldous Huxley (7) |
| CLEVER | One hundred get the prize we hear because they are smart (6) |
| SOSO | Most direct-to-video films are DTVs because they are this. |
| SCRUBS | Not the first team |
| STARTINGELEVEN | "Is this the first day's lineup?" ("No, it's the first team on the field in the World Cup") |
| INDELICATE | “All great sages are [...] as ungracious and ____ as generals, because they are confident of their impunity” (Chekhov) |