| ELUSIVE | Escaping often and cleverly (7) |
| DEVIATE | Turn away and cleverly evade it (7) |
| OUTWITS | Your heart fools and cleverly deceives (7) |
| BABYSIT | Blag boy's shift, every so often, and earn money while parents are away? |
| RESOURCEFUL | Inventive and cleverly adaptable |
| TRONDHEIM | Cut and cleverly honed in place in Norway (9) |
| WISELY | Sensibly and cleverly |
| WELLWORKEDOUT | Sound type got on his bike in the gym and cleverly solved the crossword perhaps (4,6,3) |
| HAILEDATAXI | Alexia had it, and cleverly called a cab (6,1,4) |
| INNERVOICES | One's toughest critics, often, and, literally, three different words hidden in 21-, 26- and 43-Acros |
| RHETT | "You should be kissed, and often, and by someone who knows how" speaker |
| COLLECTORSITEMS | Gather at courts every so often and see things that are rare and intriguing, maybe |
| EXODUS | Word that often and redundantly follows "mass" |
| CONSTANT | So often and so true! (8) |
| SOFTLY | Cunning to steal often and quietly (6) |
| LIFEPARTNER | Significant other, often, and a hint to the ends of the answers to starred clues |
| BROKENPROMISE | Disappointment, often ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme |
| MANOFTHECLOTH | Prepared ham often and felt he should tend to his flock (3,2,3,5) |
| SAKI | Everyman's after snack every so often, and wine (4) |
| OVERSLEEP | Do this too often and there's cause for alarm |
