| UPTOAPOINT | A phrase meaning 'partly but not completely true' (2,2,1,5) |
| RUE | Regret that it's not completely true (3) |
| SEMI | Prefix meaning 'partly' (4) |
| TOA | ___ point; partly, but not totally |
| NOTATED | Set down partly, but not at Eden Project (7) |
| TOADEGREE | Partly but not entirely |
| BETTERHALF | Partner recovered, but not completely? |
| BUCK | A dandy or a fop; a stag; or, a word used in a phrase meaning "shift responsibility onto another" that derives from passing the dealer marker to the next player in poker (4) |
| BOOT | With "to", a phrase meaning "as well, in addition"; a buskin, wellington or other shoe that covers part of the leg; a kick; or, a vehicle's "trunk" (4) |
| FACT | "The following is completely true:" |
| TREASURE | Love is almost completely true and certain after time (8) |
| INEXACT | Less than completely true (7) |
| DOT | One of the points appearing on a clock's face to mark the hour, hence its reference in a phrase meaning "precisely on time"; or, any other small round symbol, such as a full stop (3) |
| UMBLEPIE | One of the names, punningly referred to in a phrase meaning "eat your words" or "swallow your pride", for a bakemeat made from the inferior entrails or offal of a deer (5,3) |
| SPLASH | Onomatopoeia echoing the watery sound of a diver or a stone hitting the water's surface and recalled in a phrase meaning "make waves" (6) |
| ONSPEC | A phrase meaning 'as a gamble' (2,4) |
| INRUINS | A phrase meaning 'completely spoiled' (2,5) |
| ATALOWEBB | A phrase meaning "in a weak state" (2,1,3,3) |
| ITIS | "Completely true" |
| INXS | '80s band whose name is a phonetic spelling of a phrase meaning "too much" |
