Tricky Crossword Alert: Solve the Clue ‘Not Outer’ Yet?

Tricky Crossword Alert: Solve the Clue ‘Not Outer’ Yet? - INNER
Not outer

1. Inside
2. Interior
3. Central
4. Further in
5. Leveled down
6. Deeper
7. Nearer to the core
8. More intimate
9. Not surface
10. Closest to the soul
11. Not external

INNER