| TONGUEINCHEEK | Facetious but not without meaning |
| TWODAYS | "Any healthy man can go without food for ___ ___ - but not without poetry": Charles Baudelaire (3,4) |
| WILBURWRIGHT | Aviation pioneer who said, "It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill" |
| TIMELAGS | Gets mail out, but not without delays (4-4) |
| DATED | Old-fashioned, but not without romantic engagements |
| SPICY | Erotic, perhaps, but not without taste |
| TIMELAG | Get mail, perhaps, but not without delay (4,3) |
| GLOSS | Slogs wildly, but not without polish (5) |
| ELOPE | Go off, but not without a hitch? |
| APLAN | "But not without ___": Pope |
| MARK | A saint, but not without blemish |
| PEARL | She's a beauty, but not without grey matter |
| WITHER | Fade away, but not without hesitation (6) |
| ETA | Mates returned, but not without character (3) |
| COMPLICIT | Company member within the law -- but not without guilt? (9) |
| INDOLENT | Lazy, being at home on benefits but not without heart (8) |
| ROUNDTRIP | There and back (but not without taking the curves) (5,4) |
| ENTRANCEFEE | It brings an admission, but not without cost (8,3) |
| SMITH | He won the 2022 Best Actor Oscar - but not without controversy (surname) (5) |
| SENTIMENTALLY | Told to go, I have it in mind but not without a tear or two! |
