| INSIDES | One pair of players that is not the last, showing guts |
| NBAJAM | Game with a secret additional roster of players that includes Bill Clinton and Al Gore |
| TREND | Right up to the last, showing a tendency (5) |
| LIE | "This is not the last clue in this puzzle," e.g. |
| BATTER | Kind of baseball player that is sometimes beaten in the kitchen (6) |
| BLACKICE | Player that is taking in number of Romans - it's deceptive and oxymoronic (5,3) |
| OPENER | Key player that is first in (6) |
| PARTNER | One of a pair of players on the same side in a card game; or, a person with whom one dances (7) |
| BODY | Part of a car that is not the chassis |
| DESK | Bureau; lectern; editorial section of a newspaper; a pair of players within an orchestra's string section or the music stand so shared (4) |
| SCREENS | Televises bits of rock by pair of players (7) |
| THEATRE | A last showing of Loot in that place, a playhouse (7) |
| SEX | "Science is like ___: Sometimes something useful comes out, but that is not the reason we are doing it": Richard Feynman |
| FALSE | Chopped up fleas? That is not the right answer! (5) |
| UNEQUAL | Fine-tune quality with something that is not the same (7) |
| TINT | Colour that is not the first choice |
| FINESSE | An attempt to win a trick with a card that is not the highest held |
| SNAREDRUM | Dispatch a pair of players north to get instrument (5,4) |
| DUE | Outstanding pair of players, wasting time, ... (3) |
| DOUBLES | Tennis match with a pair of players on each side |
