| ONTARGET | Accurate, but somehow not great |
| EXITING | Extirpating, but somehow not part of leaving (7) |
| INNOCENT | Guilt-free but somehow not nice to include the North (8) |
| SCIENTIFIC | Accurate but not artistic presumably (10) |
| RULEOFTHUMB | Principle that's not entirely accurate but which is a good general guide (4,2,5) |
| SPOTON | Very accurate, but with a blemish (4-2) |
| PRECIS | Summary is accurate but lacks conclusion (6) |
| ONTHESPOT | Accurate, but still in danger (2,3,4) |
| STAYSON | Says not, but somehow continues (5,2) |
| TWENTYONE | Somehow not new, yet not of a significant age |
| DIURNAL | Industrial it's not, but somehow, daily, it is (7) |
| HALCYON | It is peaceful but somehow melancholy without Mel |
| GLOSSIEST | Most highly polished, but somehow loses gist |
| SWOONED | Passed out, but somehow soon wed (7) |
| RUINED | Completely devastated but somehow inured (6) |
| CLAMBER | Climb awkwardly but somehow be calm, right? (7) |
| INTRICATE | Nice trait but somehow puzzling (9) |
| HONESTLY | Openly, but somehow on the sly (8) |
| STOLID | I'd lost it but somehow remained impassive (6) |
| EARLIEST | Rise late but somehow be first to arrive (8) |
