| SAURON | It's universal, and not about "The Lord of the Rings" |
| LOOKWHOSTOLKIEN | John Travolta film reject about "The Lord of the Rings" author? |
| GODSPELLING | Show about the Lord in grammar school? |
| NOUGHT | An expression of disgust - and not about nothing! (6) |
| NORWAY | Absolutely not about the end of summer in the country (6) |
| BIGMAC | The Economist's ____ Index tracks global prices of this item, chosen for its universal availability |
| BRANDICHASTAIN | 1996 and 2004 US soccer Olympic gold medalist who wrote the memoir It's Not About the Bra: 2 wds. |
| HOUSEOFTHE | & 20ac Yet it is not about the dwelling of the battleaxe (5,2,3,6) |
| DRAGON | Yet it is not about the dwelling of the battleaxe - w 26ac (5,2,3,6) |
| CROWNPROSECUTOR | Top lawyer's triumph, and not about words removed |
| MYSTERONS | Black race, and not about to infiltrate corrupt system |
| NOBRAINER | Easy question, and not about bear in trouble (2-7) |
| GENII | Gentrifies, and frets not about the guiding spirits (5) |
| RADAR | Tread water and tweet not about the detection system (5) |
| GLOBAL | It's universal that those raised Irish stomach alcohol in the extreme |
| LANCE | Armstrong who wrote "It's Not About the Bike" |
| TALON | Not about the French uprising, it's often gripping (5) |
| ITS | "___ Not About the Bike" (Lance Armstrong book) |
| AFAREWELLTOARMS | Book that's not about the Venus de Milo |
| BLASTAWAY | Care not about the neighbors, perhaps |
