| PROTEM | Not always brlef (3,3) |
| TWEEZE | Pull out, not always painlessly |
| MOBILE | American port not always in the same place? |
| MANTLE | A cloak, not always of darkness |
| ARENAS | Stadia are not always sociable at first (6) |
| VARIES | Figure the sign is not always the same |
| GEMINI | In Australia, what zodiac sign falls close to, but does not always contain, the shortest day of the |
| MIDDLE | ..yet he is not always the centre of attention ( 7,2,3,6) |
| ATONAL | Back in villa, not always without a key (6) |
| VARIED | Not always the same note after G in Verdi transcription (6) |
| CANARY | This bird is often (not always) yellow in color, and it was used to detect dangerous gases in coal mines |
| CATNAP | Sleep for cadets and trainees not always possible, to begin with |
| RESECT | For these jobs the academic not always in the end cut out |
| ADVICE | Not always gratefully accepted in the personal columns? (6) |
| MESIC | Not always wet and not always dry |
| SOMETIMES | Not always, but not never |
| LEARN | "Personally, I am always ready to _, although I do not always like being taught" (Winston Churchill) (5) |
| CONSISTENT | A top racer who is always there, if not always the fastest, is branded as this. (10) |
| NAFF | Not always far fetched at first but not fit for purpose (4) |
| NOTEVER | Not always |
