| WORKINGVACATION | Time off, but not really |
| ENSURED | Not quite ticked off, but not left to chance (7) |
| OWNERLESS | Len's worse off but not possessed (9) |
| UNABASHED | A bilingual graduate, put off but not disconcerted (9) |
| DRACHM | Marched off, but not east, for old Greek coin |
| GOLFER | One driving off, but not on the green .... |
| LIGHTS | Gets off, but not at the stop (6) |
| ACTUATES | Sets off, but not necessarily to arrive (8) |
| ELOPE | Go off, but not without a hitch? |
| BUTTON | Maybe it's come off, but not put back |
| POSTPONED | Put off, but not deterred (9) |
| SEXTING | Tax easing off, but not as explicit communication (7) |
| FALLINGASLEEP | Dropping off but not leaving anything (7,6) |
| WRONGDOER | Guilty person rode off but not right at the start |
| ASTRINGENT | Binding with a cord, sent something off, but not at first (10) |
| YELLOWCARDS | They can get one sent off but not posted (6,5) |
| INNAME | Supposedly, but not really |
| ASIDES | Whispered-but-not-really lines |
| TOIL | Break one's back, but not really |
| LANA | Star "discovered at Schwab's" (but not really) |
