### Clue: Life felt strange and ultimately unconventional (4-5)
### Answer: LEFT-FIELD 
 ### Explanation: Definition: unconventional
  Anagram(*strange*) of *LIFE FELT* + D(last letter,*ultimately* of *and*).
Defn:  Outside the mainstream,*unconventional*.  An Americanism, from baseball where the left side of the field (or the back side of the batter when in batting position), sees very little action.  Of course, this is only true of right-handed batters.