| WATCHING | Seeing wife infectious but not with cold |
| PATHOGEN | Maybe something infectious, but in an unidentified part of book? |
| LAPSE | Collapsed, but not with cold ? That's an oversight ! (5) |
| CHOICE | Exclusive food, but not with cold dessert |
| SAFE | ... southern diner, but not with cold Peter |
| WHOOP | Cry, seeing wife put on ring |
| FARAWAY | Absent-minded scientist seeing wife where daughter should be |
| WRUNG | Extorted perhaps, seeing wife called (5) |
| RIOJA | Drink port and chat (but not with wife) |
| HEADS | The man with lots of money but not with the bosses |
| ARE | Item that will go with you but not with me |
| SECONDO | Musical part that you get with Prokofiev but not with Mendelssohn (7) |
| AGEGROUP | Two ways to mature, but not with contemporaries? (3,5) |
| EIGHTY | Substantial but not with significant age (6) |
| TOE | To point but not with a finger |
| MOTORISTS | They drive most Tories wild but not with ecstasy (9) |
| HEALTHSLATS | A toast to sailors, but not with this drink! (6,5) |
| AMNESIA | Is a name recollected? Yes, but not with this (7) |
| GAL | It's lawful, but not with the French girl! (3) |
| UNHIP | Strip Rose, maybe, but not with it (5) |