| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| DOUBTFUL | Unlikely | |
| IMPLAUSIBLE | Unlikely | |
| LONGSHOT | Unlikely winner | |
| SUREFOOTED | Unlikely to err | |
| IKE | Unlikely to include Eisenhower | |
| EXTROVERTED | Unlikely to be retiring | |
| OUTSIDER | Competitor unlikely to win | |
| UNDERDOGS | Team unlikely to win | |
| UNLIKE | Not likely; improbable; unlikely. | |
| UNLIKELY | In an unlikely manner. | |
| UNITE | Combine qualities of extremely unlikely favourite | |
| BADDEBT | Sum owed unlikely to be paid | |
| NOT THE TYPE | Unlikely candidate to sort out TT neophyte | |
| CHANCE | Opportunity most unlikely whether fat or slim | |
| LIGHTFINGERED | Likely to steal, unlikely to be heavy-handed | |
| SLIPPERY | Like eelskin footwear – unlikely to last | |
| CHATEAU | Loire castle has some mocha. Tea? Unlikely! | |
| TALES | Stories that are unlikely to be true | |
| UNLIKELINESS | The quality or state of being unlikely. | |
| INCREDIBLE | Not credible; surpassing belief; too extraordinary and improbable to admit of belief; unlikely; marvelous; fabulous. | |
| LAST | Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely; having least fitness; as, he is the last person to be accused of theft. | |
| IMPROBABLE | Not probable; unlikely to be true; not to be expected under the circumstances or in the usual course of events; as, an improbable story or event. | |