| PEAKY | Not exactly perky, but rather sickly |
| TATTY | Not exactly tasty, but rather nasty |
| PALER | Stout-hearted pair, rather sickly-looking |
| SALLOW | Rather sickly looking |
| RAINY | Intellectual, not big-headed, but rather wet (5) |
| ROLEPLAY | Not be oneself, but rather be one's elf? |
| CARER | Not really a "minder", but rather a helper (5) |
| YELLOWY | Emit cry of pain close to mummy, looking rather sickly (7) |
| 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) |
| ASHY | A quiet year, but rather grey (4) |
| ANDANTE | Neat and refined, but rather slow |
| RATTLING | How good, but rather frightening, the story was? (8) |
| EXONERATES | No longer one scolds, but rather frees from blame (10) |
| RARER | Are found in two sides but rather sparsely (5) |
| RAKISH | Jaunty but rather lecherous (6) |
| NIPPY | Agile, but rather frosty (5) |
| FROGS | Animals that don't drink water, but rather absorb it through their skin |
| AKHMATOVA | Anna ____'s poetry work was condemned by Stalinist authorities but, rather than emigrating, she remained as a witness |
| INDEEDITIS | "____ no planless fantasizing, but rather a search for the logically simplest possibilities and their consequences." (Einstein on relativity theories) |
