Possible Clues:

• A bit under
• Seems there's nothing more than a half-century, yet not quite
• Close, but no cigar
• Not quite to get involved in charity
• To get confused with charity? Not quite
• Ms gets a lot more, but not quite enough
• The doctor is nearly in last
• is the doctor not quite among the last of this?
• In a half-century not quite the greatest one may expect from this
• Maureen's in a lieutenant's embrace - practically