| STALER | Skinhead, alert maybe but not so fresh (6) |
| INCH | Chin, maybe, but not so much as hand or foot (4) |
| DOUCHE | Product advertised on TV with the phrase "not-so-fresh feeling" |
| OLDISH | Not so fresh anymore |
| TRITER | Not so fresh |
| CLOSER | Inferior competitor follows Cambridge lead - but not so far behind (6) |
| RENTAL | Payment concerning mum maybe, but not dad (6) |
| SCRAPE | Jam, maybe, but not much butter (6) |
| MINUTE | I'm back on tune, maybe, but not for long! (6) |
| OBLONG | Old boy - boring maybe but not square |
| SHOPSOILED | Betrays drunk who's not so fresh (10) |
| WEARIER | Person with something on, I gathered, that's not so fresh |
| CLEAN | "So Fresh, So ___ " (Outkast song) |
| STANKONIA | Outkast album with "Ms. Jackson" and "So Fresh, So Clean" |
| ROCKETSCIENCE | A complex business, but not so when down to earth? (6,7) |
| HOLDYOURHORSES | What stableboy does for you but not so fast (4,4,6) |
| FAIRAMOUNT | Quite a lot, but not so much it's dishonest? (4,6) |
| DEF | So, so fresh |
| DOWSE | Divine water, dew, so fresh (5) |
| EVERGREEN | It's all go being so fresh! (9) |
