| ESTONIAN | Strangely, one isn't a European (8) |
| NICOTINE | Once in it, strangely, one smokes it (8) |
| TENSION | Strangely, one isn't showing stress (7) |
| COMMONER | It isn't a lord one will find living on public land (8) |
| CAPTAINS | To do better isn't a problem as their team's leaders (8) |
| WASTEBIN | Web isn't a free place to put junk |
| RUBSITIN | Isn't a gracious winner |
| NOWONDER | Isn't a surprise at present before drone buzzes off (2,6) |
| THEFLOOR | Program that "Isn't a Game Show, It's Concussion Test Protocol," according to Paste |
| CONSONANT | One isn't a worker behind party issue (9) |
| TROJAN | A hard worker by reputation, janitor strangely one no longer needed |
| GLACIATION | Covering with ice, oil acting strangely one included (10) |
| 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) |
| LOOKSON | Isn't a participant, though one regards as (5,2) |
| SENSATION | Feeling one's wrong. Isn't a breakthrough (9) |
| FACTCHECKER | What sounds like a disk, but isn't a disk? |
| FAMILIARRING | What sounds like a circle, but isn't a circle? |
| CHARITYBALL | What sounds like a sphere, but isn't a sphere? |
| WRITERSBLOCK | What sounds like a cube, but isn't a cube? |