| ROLEPLAY | Not be oneself, but rather be one's elf? |
| FLORENCE | Nightingale was one elf crone bewitched |
| AIDE | Santa's number one elf, for instance |
| PEKINGESE | "Why not be oneself?" asked Dame Edith Sitwell. "That is the whole secret of a successful appearance |
| COMPORT | Behave oneself, but romp around in bed (7) |
| LEAVEWELLALONE | Permission to approach water supply by oneself, but touch nothing |
| OVERDIDIT | Exhausted oneself, but a few deliveries brought success (7,2) |
| SPACE | Personal time and freedom to be oneself (5) |
| RAINY | Intellectual, not big-headed, but rather wet (5) |
| CARER | Not really a "minder", but rather a helper (5) |
| TATTY | Not exactly tasty, but rather nasty |
| PEAKY | Not exactly perky, but rather sickly (5) |
| EXIST | Just be oneself |
| ALFRESCO | Outside, near Oscar and the elf? (8) |
| FERRELLSWILL | Testament from Buddy of "Elf"? |
| DEFY | Face odd elf? Regularly, yes (4) |
| BAFFLE | Bewilder backward elf? Fab! (6) |
| SECONDSEX | With "The," source of the quote "One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman"' |
| SANDDUNES | Athabasca ___ ___ (It's not the Sahara but rather a Provincial Park in remote northwest Saskatchewan) |
| ITS | "I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall ___ buildings of concrete are, but rather how well ___ people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man": Sun Bear |
