| NOTHINGTOWRITEHOMEABOUT | Of little interest, it's what prep school boarders hope not to have |
| BLOWOUT | Meal we hope not to have on the motorway! |
| HANGOVER | What one hopes not to have at end of drinking in German city (8) |
| HOUSE | Thought to stem from an ancient root meaning "to hide" or "huddle", a menage suitable for human habitation, such as a cottage, grange, lodge, manor, rectory or a residential building for school boarde |
| ONTHEHOP | Hope not to be out of place catching husband unawares (2,3,3) |
| BADSTART | What one hopes not to get off to, on a date |
| LEI | Floral decoration of little interest (very little) (3) |
| MINIATURE | Is it of little interest to an art collector? (9) |
| TRUANT | Hope not to see son when taking in an errant schoolchild |
| PUTT | On green, one may gamely hope not to do so thrice (4) |
| ELECTRICBLANKET | You'd hope not to be shocked by this in the bedroom! (8,7) |
| AVALANCHE | Natural phenomenon you'd hope not to see at Mt Hotham, say (9) |
| SETDOWN | Record what a tennis player hopes not to be |
| VAPID | The figure wrongly paid is of little interest |
| INCONSIDERABLE | Fancy cut brocaded linen is of little interest |
| BORING | River in spring's sound perhaps of little interest (6) |
| SEEN | What a burglar hopes not to be |
| ARID | Of little interest |
| NONISSUE | Matter of little interest |
| REFI | Something of little interest, a homeowner hopes |
