| ANIF | "It's not ___, it's a when" |
| YOU | It's not ___, it's me (3) |
| AJAR | Q: "When is a door not a door?" A: "When it's ___" |
| WANT | "It's not a ___, it's a need" (cutesy saying that's usually about something that is absolutely not a need) |
| NAMETHEDAY | Negative response broken by a force that man possessed a when to wed? (4,3,3) |
| HAILING | Calling for a taxi a" when it is doing this in the winter? (7) |
| DITTO | a¦ when copied thus? (5) |
| DICKYBIRD | Parrot perhaps a when sick? (5-4) |
| KNOUT | Whip is extremely keen a when available (5) |
| MANTIS | It's disturbed by the fellow a" when praying? (6) |
| BEAR | Davy Crockett was: "Raised in the woods so's he knew every tree; Killed him a ... when he was only t |
| ASTARIS | Classic film a when Jack is dropped (1,4,2,4) |
| BORN | Classic film a when Jack is dropped (1,4,2,4) |
| OSCAR | Americans' nod to another, and on one's dramatic failing, with no mad reactions, unfortunately a when only this? (5-9) |
| NOMINATED | Americans' nod to another, and on one's dramatic failing, with no mad reactions, unfortunately a when only this? (5-9) |
| TASTE | It's a matter of___:it's a matter of personal preference, in a way? |
| CINCH | It's a ___ : it's a certainty? (5) |
| THREAT | It's not an idle ___, it's a promise (6) |
| ABIG | "It's not ___ truck. It's a series of tubes" (Senator Ted Stevens describing the internet) |
| UNUSUAL | Tom Jones' "It's Not ___" |