| LIONESS | Feline one working - not so much outside (7) |
| FAIR | Just one very much outside (4) |
| MEERKAT | A mere feline, one might imagine, but it's a mongoose (7) |
| CONNOTE | Suggest working not in church (7) |
| ONOFF | Working, not working? Fits for a switch! (2,3) |
| COATI | Animal, feline one catching duck (5) |
| OPENSHOP | Old writers bound to find system of working not closed (4,4) |
| EMPIRICAL | Reverent during miracle working, not deduced by logic (9) |
| HONSHU | Part of Japan, hard-working, not quite secure |
| OPERATIONAL | Working not compulsory, saving a lot of time? (11) |
| IRONIC | Setter rolling in money mostly keeps working - not being serious! (6) |
| MOTHEATEN | Shabby way of working not right to challenge (4-5) |
| LAZY | Uninterested in working, not a go- getter (4) |
| ENDLESS | Unlimited broadcast not starting? Not so much (7) |
| LESSONS | Studies not so much keeping soprano working (7) |
| AGELESS | Time of one's life is not so much if perpetually young (7) |
| RIBLESS | Tease, not so much without a cage (7) |
| BLESSED | Not so much retired as happy (7) |
| WINLESS | No end of vino, not so much being unsuccessful (7) |
| COCKLES | Seafood and chicken not so much - 25% off (7) |
