| NOOFFENCE | I don't mean to insult you: coffee non-negotiable (2,7) |
| BEACON | Let this be a warning to you - coffee seed is firm inside (6) |
| BUTTINSKY | One who might say "I don't mean to pry . . ." and then proceed to pry |
| NOMINATED | Formally proposed, I don't mean to change it (9) |
| BRAGALERT | "I don't mean to boast, but ..." |
| YOURETHEONLYTENISEE | "I don't mean to pry, but are you from Nashville? Because..." |
| NOSHADE | "I don't mean to offend you..." |
| SOTHATSHOWITCOMESOUT | "I don't mean to sound bitter, cold or cruel, but I am ___": Bill Hicks |
| PRY | "I don't mean to ___, but ..." (start of a personal question) |
| NOSY | Like people who say "I don't mean to pry, but . . ." |
| BRAG | "I don't mean to ___, but ..." |
| GREATAUNT | Relative gets bad gear to insult somebody (5-4) |
| SPOTLIGHT | Draw attention to insult involving vessel (9) |
| PRINCIPAL | Chief royal figure almost first to insult China |
| SAMETOYOU | Reply to insult when a toy mouse gets thrown (4,2,3) |
| ROUNDHEAD | How to insult one in a puritan way? (9) |
| TITFORTAT | Defiant way to respond to insults |
| EMPIRICAL | English legislator starts to insult Rishi incisively, citing abject lack of real ground experience! (9) |
| DISABUSED | Enlightened detectives subjected to insults, perhaps |
| THICKSKIN | Imperviousness to insults: 2 wds. |
