| OATMEAL | Food nothing at all? Not quite - this person tucked in |
| YOU | Second person tucked into carry-out (3) |
| HAMLET | Play that beats them all? Not quite (6) |
| BREAD | Pitt without a vowel is not quite this! |
| BUDDHIST | Ascetic from China not quite this bizarre (8) |
| INFORMAL | Relaxed, tell all? Not quite (8) |
| MARITAL | Ruin it all, not quite a sort of bliss? |
| OPERATICS | Ridiculous cries apt to follow nothing at all? |
| REALISED | Saw is, after all, not quite cutting grass (8) |
| JACKSQUAT | ... to do nothing at all? |
| CONTRARY | Mary, Mary! She was quite this in her garden! (8) |
| NOHOW | Not at all, not in any way |
| NONE | Nothing at all, not any (4) |
| EVER | ... always? Not at all, not north |
| SALOME | Not all, not all get in to Strauss opera (6) |
| NOTIONAL | In theory, Nono's upset with it all? Not entirely (8) |
| PARTIALLY | Political group takes in one and all? Not completely (9) |
| WINDOWDRESSING | Light accompaniment to food, nothing very substantial |
| FINISHEDOFF | Scattered fine fish food, nothing left or wasted (8,3) |
| OFFERED | Free food, nothing less, cooked and tendered (7) |
