| OMICRON | I'm corona (not the last) variant! (7) |
| WANDERED | Travelled here and there? Dread new variant! (8) |
| HOT | Uncool description of any performance variant! (3) |
| ABSALOM | Son of David, a born dancer in the Bible, but not the last dance? (7) |
| EVESHAM | Woman's not the last to disgrace Worcs town (7) |
| VAGRANT | Tax cut by August, not the last for Rolling Stone (7) |
| HIDEOUT | Retreat's ghastly, not the last time (7) |
| PRINGLE | Call in appeal not the last for one of our 9Ac 29Ac 30Ac (7) |
| EASEOFF | Aged fellow on stand, not the last to relent (4,3) |
| INSIDES | One pair of players that is not the last, showing guts |
| RADIANT | Dazzling lady not the last to cut grass |
| MISCAST | Comical chap, not the last in film given unsuitable role |
| AUSTRIA | USA's pathetic attempt, not the last, to form a nation |
| GRENADA | Small bomb not the last on a Caribbean island |
| EGGFLIP | Not the last to steal up to take horse to drink (3-4) |
| QUADRILLIONTH | Far from the first dance, not the last one, and not the first part of the year (13) |
| FINAL | Not the last of the fine ale - the last! (5) |
| FAGEND | The last part, following task list? Not the last part |
| NORTHEAST | And not the last (but not the first) direction |
| THEFIRST | Like the letter "M" is the original but not the last (3,5,2,4) |
