| GORDIAN | A difficult problem is not what you heard (7) |
| ECHO | Repeat what you heard |
| BABYSIT | Yet this is not what you do to keep them amused while mum's away (7) |
| TICKLER | A cane; a dram of spirits; a feather-brush; a memorandum; a trout-guddler; or, a difficult problem, riddle or other perplexing, poking, stimulating, titillating or vellicating person/thing (7) |
| ART | "___ is not what you see, but what you make others see" (Degas) |
| SNORTER | A powerful gale; something exceptional in size/strength; a difficult problem; or, a ridiculous person (7) |
| CLOVE | One hundred are romantically involved but there is a catch. I hear it is not what you are thinking (5,5) |
| HITCH | One hundred are romantically involved but there is a catch. I hear it is not what you are thinking (5,5) |
| SHIATSU | This a difficult problem finally erased, where rubber's employed (7) |
| TOUGHIE | Violent criminal that's a difficult problem (7) |
| CATCHES | In 1, it is not what the 2 wants to give (7) |
| UNTYPICAL | Paint Lucy tripping, which is not what you'd expect (9) |
| WRESTLE | Struggle (with a difficult problem) |
| LOWTECH | Utterance from Buttercup College is not what you'd call rocket science (3-4) |
| WHATNOT | This piece of furniture is not what needs to be re-ordered |
| TURNUPS | Features of certain trousers? They"re not what you'd expect (4-3) |
| RESOLVE | Solve a difficult problem |
| WORKOUT | Solve a difficult problem |
| UNRAVEL | Solve a difficult problem |
| UNSNARL | Solve a difficult problem |
