| PLAYHARDTOGET | Baffling drama? Pretend not to be interested (4,4,2,3) |
| MIME | Pretend not to be capable of speaking outside Millennium Dome (4) |
| DRAWABLANK | Fail to lift trophy? Pretend not to notice |
| TURNABLINDEYETO | Still taken in by Round Table in Barking? Pretend not to notice |
| TURNABLINDEYE | Pretend not to have seen fantastic undeniable try |
| NOTMYCUPOFTEA | Something in which I wouldn't be interested (3,2,3,2,3) |
| GROWOUTOF | Cease to be interested by what flower does to seed? |
| PAROCHIAL | Choir a pal arranged to be interested in one's own parish only |
| RAPT | On the one hand, inclined to be interested (4) |
| KEANU | Reeves rumored to be interested in a "John Wick 5" movie |
| LOOKTHEOTHERWAY | Pretend not to notice, and a hint to this puzzle's circled words |
| ASIDE | Line that actors pretend not to hear |
| CUTE | Pretend not to notice dieter's third sweet (4) |
| TURNADEAFEAR | Pretend not to have heard (4,1,4,3) |
| CUTIE | Pretend not to see that is a dish |
| OVERLOOK | Pretend not to notice a hopeless lover getting nothing right (8) |
| WINK | Pretend not to see, with "at" |
| CUTBACK | Pretend not to know defender as economy measure? (7) |
| ACTDUMB | Pretend not to understand mime |
| BLINDEYE | Pretend not to notice when it's been turned |