| FUNNYPECULIAR | Odd rather than amusing (5,8) |
| MINUS | That which diminishes may be less than amusing (5) |
| HILARIOUS | More than amusing (9) |
| TRIALMARRIAGE | Matrimony in court rather than after courting? (5,8) |
| BYWORDOFMOUTH | By speaking rather than writing (2,4,2,5) |
| MEDICALSCHOOL | Where students get physic rather than physics? (7,6) |
| PRIVATEINCOME | Earnings from investments etc rather than work (7, 6) |
| SELFDEFEATING | Preventing rather than encouraging what you want (4-9) |
| UNSENTIMENTAL | Realistic rather than emotional (13) |
| MAORISIDESTEP | In rugby, the action of running directly at, rather than swerving to avoid, an oncoming tackler (5,9) |
| HARDBOILEDEGG | It's fit for shelling rather than invasion by soldiers |
| ANTIPERSONNEL | Designed to harm or kill people rather than destroy equipment (13) |
| CANARYISLANDS | The only overseas territory given to Castile rather than Portugal by the treaty of Alcacovas in 1479 |
| INHEROWNRIGHT | Having a claim or title oneself rather than through marriage or other connection (2,3,3,5) |
| WALTZINGMOUSE | Rodent of a breed that moves forward in small circles, rather than a straight line (8,5) |
| ATTHECOALFACE | Doing actual work rather than at a theoretical level (2,3,8) |
| PHYSIOTHERAPY | Treatment using massage and exercises, rather than drugs and surgery (13) |
| GRAPHICARTIST | Illustrator using line and tone rather than colour and 3-D work (7,6) |
| EXPRESSIONISM | Early 20th Century art movement which represented the artist's feelings rather than depicting the world as it is (13) |
| STEPTOEANDSON | Classic TV sitcom whose stars were both actors rather than comedians (7,3,3) |
