| DOARUNNER | Split - but not the bill, presumably |
| PANTS | Different kinds of them are split (but not in an embarrassing way) in the four starred answers |
| DIVIDED | Was split, but did dive anyhow (7) |
| ODDS | Very large keys have split: but they can be fixed |
| LIPS | Mostly split but still kissable |
| STRIVEN | Road split but had tried hard (7) |
| BLUNTINSTRUMENT | The lead pipe, the wrench or the candlestick, but not the rope |
| PASSABLE | Not bad, but not the fastest runner on the track? |
| NORTHEAST | And not the last (but not the first) direction |
| URBANGUERRILLAS | They may hold the bottles and the stones, but not the sticks (5,10) |
| SEQUEL | Next in the production line ___ they say it's all the same, like 3 (but not the others) (6) |
| HERO | He's the ___ Gotham deserves but not the one it needs right now.. (from The Dark Knight) |
| HOUR | 'The ___ is come, but not the man' (Walter Scott The Heart of Midlothian (1818) |
| DRIEDUP | In the kitchen sink drama, remembered the actions but not the lines? (5,2) |
| REDCARDS | The man in the middle shows them to dirty footballers, but not the clubs in a colourful sense (3,5) |
| NEWYORKCITY | It's the largest city, but not the capital of the US |
| NLERS | The Mets, but not the Yankees, for short |
| SOFTG | The fifth letter of "garage," but not the first |
| HARDC | The second consonant in "cicada," but not the first |
| SOFTC | The fourth (but not the first) letter of "cancel" |
