| MOREHASTELESSSPEED | Rushing something is not always effective |
| SURE | Always effective |
| FOOLPROOF | Always effective |
| SURVEILLANCE | CCTV, perhaps, almost always effective -- conceal weapon (12) |
| DENIAL | Statement that something is not true (6) |
| DENY | Say that something is not true (4) |
| DISAPPROVE | Think something is not right (10) |
| REMAINSTOBESEEN | Something is not known before start of dig (7,2,2,4) |
| SALT | If something is not entirely believable, one should take it with a grain of ___ |
| WISDOM | Someone really good at something is not very bright we hear - a comedian? (6) |
| MATTER | Something is not funny first, it's very serious (2,8,6) |
| NOLAUGHING | Something is not funny first, it's very serious (2,8,6) |
| TEMU | Chinese e-commerce site that should make you think, "How can things be that cheap? No, literally, how. Something is not right." |
| MULTUMINPARVO | Much in little, ie big is not always best! |
| BRICK | Yet it is not always red (5) |
| FINAL | Terminal Five is not always 'Ladies First' (5) |
| EXPENSE | This account is not always strictly truthful |
| GLOVE | Fittingly, one is not always on hand (5) |
| VARIES | Figure the sign is not always the same |
| ONOFF | What's in region of France is not always there |
