| VIRTUALLY | In effect, though not in fact |
| INNAME | By title, though not in fact, with "only" |
| ASUNCION | South American capital warmer in effect, though temperature's dropped |
| VIRTUAL | In effect, but not in fact (7) |
| NOMINAL | In name only, not in fact |
| TRAFFIC | To trade in answer not in fact fair, somehow (7) |
| IGUANAS | They're not, in fact, spineless about using AA (7) |
| ERSE | It's not, in fact, the Queen's English (4) |
| JONQUIL | Kind of narcissus (but not in fact a daffodil!) (7) |
| LOUDNOISE | The Big Bang may not in fact have produced one |
| PERM | Salon treatment that does not, in fact, last forever |
| KOALA | Cute Australian mammal that is not, in fact, a bear |
| IVEGOTTHIS | Reassurance from one who might not, in fact, be on top of things |
| XFL | Gridiron org. whose first letter did not, in fact, stand for "extreme" |
| CAB | For-hire vehicle that does not in fact require wearing a physical medallion to drive |
| IMWELLAWARE | "That's not, in fact, news to me" (... letters 8-4) |
| PARAG | Who hit six consecutive sixes, though not in the same over, in a game in IPL 2025? (5) |
| DINGBATS | Calm in recession round northern Britain, though not in Australia! |
| OUTPACE | Beat in race, though not in step (7) |
| PASS | Succeed in love, though not in accepting love (4) |
