| BASSOONIST | Singer rings - sadly isn't a musician |
| VERTEBRATE | It isn't a spineless creature (10) |
| REDHERRING | Woman's upset about detective initially making a mistake - this isn't a clue |
| ENTERTAINS | Plays some music, say — record isn't a remix |
| PRAIRIEDOG | Burrowing animal that isn't a canine, despite its name |
| CHAINSTORE | Isn't a new job guarding one of the many shops (5-5) |
| THUMBPIANO | Music box-like African mbira or kalimba, played with one or both of the digits that isn't a finger (5,5) |
| MACINTOSH | Rainwear sadly isn't macho (9) |
| INSIGHTS | More than one enlightening moment sadly isn't (sigh) |
| INTHELEAD | Tail end? He sadly isn't there! (2,3,4) |
| INSTINCT | Talent sadly isn't included on time (8) |
| STINGRAY | Venomous type sadly isn't gay, queen admitted |
| INGESTION | Consumption sadly isn't gone, I admitted (9) |
| NICKEL | "Wow! If I had a ___ for every time I was 'doomed' by a puppet, I'd have two ___s - which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice. Right?" |
| RAMBLER | Walker who isnt a good story-teller (7) |
| PIANIST | The musician is good - isn't a flop (7) |
| FACTCHECKER | What sounds like a disk, but isn't a disk? |
| WRITERSBLOCK | What sounds like a cube, but isn't a cube? |
| FAMILIARRING | What sounds like a circle, but isn't a circle? |
| CHARITYBALL | What sounds like a sphere, but isn't a sphere? |
