| ICHNEUMONFLY | Parasitoid insect which is in fact a kind of wasp |
| AIRCONDITIONING | Car feature which is, in fact, minimally used (3-12) |
| EARWIG | Garden insect which is harmless despite its nickname of pincher bug |
| HUNCHBACKFLIES | Small-headed parasitoid insects in the family Acroceridae (9-5) |
| HORNET | Large kind of wasp |
| FACET | It is, in fact, a point of view (5) |
| IBIS | One with first of birds is, in fact, a wader (4) |
| NILE | It is, in fact, a river in Egypt |
| DANDY | Camellia japonica 'Red ___' sounds like the first part of the taraxacum weed, but is in fact a well dressed gent! (5) |
| TASK | It is in fact a skilled job |
| GUARANTEE | To agree to take aunt out, is, in fact, a sure thing (9) |
| FANATIC | Zealot is in fact a criminal (7) |
| ATTACHMENT | An affection for that is, in fact, a fixation (10) |
| SHE | "___ Bop" (Cyndi Lauper song that is, in fact, a bop) |
| TALON | It is in fact a long claw |
| BEAU | Dandy is in fact a leading beautician (4) |
| ANODE | Sounds like a joint of a stem, but is in fact an electrode by which current enters a battery (5) |
| DINK | Scots word for a bench upon which to sit; a plate rack; a ledge or shelf; or, a nest of wasps/hive of wild bees (4) |
| HORNETS | Large kinds of wasp (7) |
| REDGIANT | Large luminous star which is in a late phase of stellar evolution and has a radii hundreds of times larger than the Sun (3,5) |
