| BYLANE | This might be baloney, nothing less, in an uncommon way (6) |
| OBO | "Willing to accept less," in an ad: Abbr. |
| RAPIDFIRE | If duck goes back into uncommon way of asking questions in quiz (5,4) |
| SAUSAGE | America imprisoning philosopher? Conversely, it could be baloney over there (7) |
| INTRENCH | Uncommon way to fortify position (8) |
| BANTER | Joking comment, nothing less, in pub (6) |
| BRONTE | Brother with reputation, nothing less, in literary family (6) |
| RARITY | An uncommon thing it may be for one to tarry about (6) |
| AHERNE | Here, an uncommon writer and comedian Caroline (6) |
| PLAQUE | This might be off the wall, but does the tooth fairy keep this deposit? (6) |
| AGENDA | Object in cooker: this might be hidden! (6) |
| PUZZLE | Quietly drink, spilling gallons? This might be baffling! (6) |
| RIDDLE | It's difficult to figure out what this might be (6) |
| ACCENT | This might be grave sign of stress (6) |
| REPLAY | This might be in slo-mo |
| ABSEIL | Great rock? This might be a let-down on the face of it |
| TALLOW | Unlikely I felt that this might be wicked |
| DEBUSSY | Claude uses body, nothing less, in composition (7) |
| APSE | A pose, nothing less, in church (4) |
| MALVERN | Guy embracing romantic partner, nothing less, in spa town (7) |
