| SYSTEMATIC | Miscast yet somehow acting using established method |
| ROLEPLAY | Do some acting, using old line in show again |
| TENTPOLING | TV lingo for using established hits to prop up weaker shows |
| PROCEDURE | A way of acting or progressing in a course of action; an established method (9) |
| PROCEDURAL | Wild leopard tangles with cur, following established method |
| SETSTYLE | Established method |
| EMPTY | ... £10 in yet somehow ... (5) |
| NAIVETY | Vain, yet somehow showing lack of experience (7) |
| DUCKY | Very nice, yet somehow evasive? |
| TICKETYBOO | Approve, yet somehow disapprove, okay? (7-3) |
| EYEPATCH | Cheap, yet somehow giving cover for viewer (8) |
| DESPAIR | Be hopeless, yet somehow get praised (7) |
| TYPEA | First class, yet somehow an artless tea party (4,1) |
| PATENTLY | Unmistakably plant, yet somehow mistaken (8) |
| GREW | Lost a wager, and yet somehow increased (4) |
| STIFF | Primly formal, yet somehow breezy? |
| STOLID | I'd lost yet somehow remained unemotional (6) |
| SOVEREIGNTY | Governs, yet somehow keeps current autonomy (11) |
| PLUMMET | Pummel the shirt, yet somehow drop like a stone (7) |
| DUTIFUL | Obedient, yet somehow fluid to you French (7) |
