| TOOSOON | Not 16 Across, perhaps |
| NEAR | Not 16-Across |
| TIE | Neckwear for 16-Across, perhaps |
| CLOSENESS | Shut down nickname for 16-across, perhaps, in intimacy (9) |
| INDEPTH | Home Office's hopeless leader? Not 16, anyway (2-5) |
| TRUMPETERS | Players and politician known for 18, not 16? Reset possibly (10) |
| SINGLEDIGIT | 2, 3, 5 or 9, but not 16 or 25 |
| PROSTATE | Gland for twenty across, perhaps |
| GREASED | Like a 13- Across, perhaps |
| BOUNCINGBABYBOY | 18- or 52- Across, perhaps? |
| ORCHARDISTS | Third across - perhaps the answer is 'growers' (11) |
| TRAVERSES | Hikes across, perhaps |
| STALE | Virtuous person given drink that is not 16 down |
| MANITOBA | Thing coming across perhaps from a part of N America |
| IMPETIGO | 4 across's 4 across, perhaps, 4 across to leave skin infection (8) |
| NOTARY | It's not positive for sailor in middle of kayak to witness 1 across perhaps (6) |
| PARFOR | 17 across over 22 across, perhaps? (3,3,3,6) |
| SITUATIONCOMEDY | Any idiot with costume cast for 1 Across 12 Across perhaps (9,6) |
| FULLHOUSE | Setting for 52-Across, perhaps |
| NODDED | Gave a 23-Across, perhaps |
