| HIGHMINDEDNESS | Those with low thoughts do not have this characteristic (4-10) |
| TENTACLE | An octopus has eight arms but does not have this flexible organ (a squid has two) |
| OPINED | Thought "Do get up and bring wood in" (6) |
| SILENTMAJORITY | Most who do not have extreme views (6,8) |
| UNDERNOURISHED | Dinner hour used amiss as did not have enough food (14) |
| CARELESSNESS | We do not bother to show this characteristic (12) |
| OPENSHOP | Work place where employees do not have to belong to a trade union (4,4) |
| NEED | We do not have to have it (4) |
| AWARENESS | Often when the flood comes people do not know when to leave their home or car. They do not have enough climate ... Traditional word to describe being climate "woke". (9) |
| HEADOFHAIR | Beauty salon boss? No good coming here if you do not have one (4,2,4) |
| BATONROUGE | This Capital, one of many with French origins, is one of two states that do not have counties |
| FISH | Starfish do not have gills, scales, or fins like ___ do |
| CUBS | Little one's cherubs do not have her appearance (4) |
| INNOCENCE | Clear conscience those who are guilty do not have (9) |
| CURE | What people with a common cold do not have |
| ARTDECO | The New Zealand city of Napier was rebuilt in this characteristic style of the time after the catastrophic 1931 earthquake (3,4) |
| LONGSHOT | Movie filmed from a distance did not have much of a chance (4,4) |
| FLUFFINESS | Sniffs fuel, getting high - the down has this characteristic |
| SMELT | Fish in the past had this characteristic (5) |
| TRAIT | It takes art to portray this characteristic (5) |
