| ANTIPROTON | Something small and negative, demanding a new clue ___ or not, perhaps (10) |
| ELECTRONS | Chooses Corbett and Barker - although they're small and negative (9) |
| IMPORTANCE | The setter's left a new clue lacking in body and gravity (10) |
| UNBALANCED | Unstable, but band got a new clue worked out (10) |
| ZWITTERION | Molecule which carries both a positive and negative charge |
| NOLEFTTURN | Perhaps Thatcher's advice and negative comment given socialist spin (2,4,4) |
| FRONTBENCH | Where the PM sits is not perhaps second rate in the language of Voltaire (5,5) |
| EDGEDSWORD | Does it cut both ways having both positive and negative effects? (6-5,5) |
| DEFINITELY | Not perhaps |
| ORTON | Cumbrian village on a coast to coast path - or not, perhaps! (5) |
| UMA | Thurman who surely is due for a new movie or something so us crossworders can have a new clue |
| NUDGE | Undergo (or not perhaps!) a slight push (5) |
| GREATERLONDON | Part of England enlarged - or not, perhaps? (7,6) |
| ANTIPASTO | A new clue a setter's trying out, for starters or an appetizer (9) |
| ESPY | Spot the osprey (or not, perhaps?) (4) |
| AHOY | Naval call, 'Hooray!' (or not, perhaps?) (4) |
| SEASON | New ice skates not perhaps something a football fan might want (6,6) |
| TICKET | New ice skates not perhaps something a football fan might want (6,6) |
| HAYSTACK | Pile - has something small and sharp and unknown inside? |
| PEKE | From a quick look, say it's something small and hairy (4) |