Possible Clues:

• Not characteristic
• Two-thirds of chocolate bar magpie left out there
• United and City plan to play. That's remarkable
• Not the usual litany: cup needs refreshing
• Cut in play? Possibly -- certainly not in character
• Restoration play in cut that's not normal
• Resolved to make cut in play, not in character
• Dreadful cut in play is not usual
• Not characteristic or representative