| EGGCORN | Misinterpreted phrase, like answers to asterisked clues (7) |
| PERHAPS | Quiet misinterpreted phrase, possibly (7) |
| BLACKANDWHITE | Easy to decide, like answers to asterisked clues? (13) |
| ABITFISHY | Somewhat suspicious, like answers to asterisked clues? (1,3,5) |
| IDIOM | Phrase like head over heels |
| OXYMORON | Self-contradicting phrase like "jumbo shrimp" |
| LOSTPOSITIVES | Rare words, like answers to asterisked clues, whose opposites remain common (4,9) |
| INERROR | Like answers that lower test scores |
| SUPERVOCALIC | Containing one instance of each vowel, like answers to the asterisked clues (12) |
| FINAL | Like answers on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" |
| NOTATED | Written using symbols -- indefinite number to date misinterpreted? (7) |
| SYMMETRICAL | Like answers you put down, unchanged after reflection (11) |
| ROOMIER | Offering more space? More, or I misinterpreted (7) |
| REDWOOD | Word OED misinterpreted as 'sequoia' (7) |
| LIAISON | Communication with a lion is misinterpreted (7) |
| SIDEARM | Dream is misinterpreted as a weapon (7) |
| LIAISES | Communicates with head of school after a lie is misinterpreted (7) |
| GARBLED | The Elgar piece suffered when mutilated or misinterpreted (7) |
| DIALECT | Speech in citadel misinterpreted (7) |
| CRANIUM | Nutcase in Central Synod in Curia misinterpreted tip from monsignor (7) |
