| CLOSEENOUGHFORJAZZ | *Not perfect, but sufficient for the purpose |
| ROUGHANDREADY | Crude but sufficient for the purpose |
| ITLLDO | "Not perfect, but I can deal" |
| AMINUS | Not perfect, but close to excellent |
| ENOUGH | No huge amendment, but sufficient (6) |
| TRACEFORTHECURE | Minimal but sufficient amount of medicine? |
| SATIS | Non parum, non nimium; sufficient for the crops |
| ADEQUACY | Quality of being sufficient for the end in view |
| RUNTO | Are sufficient for the trip there (3,2) |
| DOES | Is sufficient for the female animals (4) |
| PREFECT | Not quite perfect but he's top of the class! |
| IDEAL | Perfect but not likely to become a reality (5) |
| NEEDFUL | Oral massage perfect, but not entirely necessary |
| IDEA | Perfect (but not quite fully formed) hypothesis |
| HALFPIE | The tart goes after what seems a fair share, but it's not perfect (4-3) |
| PRESENTTENSE | For example, it is not perfect (7,5) |
| KNOTHOLE | Evidence that the deal is not perfect (8) |
| TWOHIT | Like some well-pitched but not perfect games |
| IMMATURE | Not perfect, not ripe (8) |
| SHORTSIGHT | Summer garb, close-fitting, topless: vision, but not perfect (5,5) |
