| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Far from necessary (3-9) | ||
| Dispensable (3-9) | ||
| Unnecessary lesson at nine is arranged | The Telegraph Toughie | 25 May 2023 |
| Unnecessary, one’s former nurse dipping into faulty Latin | The Times Cryptic | 13 Jun 2022 |
| Sonnet line as revised becomes dispensable | The Telegraph Toughie | 25 Jun 2019 |
| Suspect online assent is unimportant | The Telegraph Cryptic | 21 Feb 2017 |
| A sonnet's line badly written? It doesn't matter | ||
| Superfluous |