| HEADLINE | On paper, it sounds like a wrinkle (8) |
| SEAM | All the same! Looks like a wrinkle to me! (4) |
| DISUNITY | Conflict produced by paper - it is included in homework? (8) |
| AFLUTTER | Tremulous, it sounds like a bet (8) |
| MONICKER | Nickname, it sounds like a girl's name (8) |
| LUCIDITY | I loved her holding her papers. It showed clarity. (8) |
| CALENDAR | It sounds like a smoother system for time management |
| FOUNTAINPENS | Do they keep the kids out of the water spouts? On paper it is where they are noticed (8,4) |
| MARGIN | On paper it is borderline but a win all the same (6,6) |
| NARROW | On paper it is borderline but a win all the same (6,6) |
| REAPPOINT | On paper it could be put back in the post (9) |
| COMIC | ... on paper it can be funny (5) |
| DOWN | On paper, it is reduced (4) |
| INDIANINK | On paper it makes things look very black |
| LITMUS | On paper it provided the acid test(6) |
| CORNDOG | Festival food: Although it sounds like a puppy who tells terrible jokes, a ___ is a frankfurter on a stick |
| PERCAPITA | A head cold - and a paper it spoilt (3,6) |
| VERBALCONTRACT | Agreement that isn't worth the paper it isn't written on (6,8) |
| REAMS | Originally used for a number of sheets of paper, it is now used for a large quantity of anything (5) |
| APPEAR | A poor paper, it would seem (6) |
