Possible Clues:

• ___ nature
• Like people
• Houseman with noose like a 27-across
• Rarity on the other end of a help line, nowadays
• Word before "nature" or "being"
• Sing to yourself with an end like us
• Person starting article with a word of dissent?
• 32 down an individual like you and me
• Being in error, perhaps?
• Be very busy with article, so likely to err?