diff --git a/src/lib/export/docx.ts b/src/lib/export/docx.ts
index bb0258d..4072680 100644
--- a/src/lib/export/docx.ts
+++ b/src/lib/export/docx.ts
@@ -238,6 +238,11 @@ class Numbering {
     return reference;
   }
 
+  levelKindAt(reference: string, depth: number): 'ordered' | 'bullet' | null {
+    const l = this.map.get(reference)!.find((lv) => lv.level === depth);
+    return l ? (l.format === LevelFormat.BULLET ? 'bullet' : 'ordered') : null;
+  }
+
   ensureLevel(reference: string, depth: number, node: TiptapNode, extraIndentCm: number, cycle: OrderedCycle): void {
     // A multilevel top list turns the whole reference into a "%1.%2." chain; its
     // attr-less nested lists inherit it (the top registers first — pre-order walk).
@@ -1475,7 +1480,12 @@ function listToParagraphs(
     let numberedFirst = false;
     for (const child of item.content ?? []) {
       if (child.type === 'bulletList' || child.type === 'orderedList') {
-        listToParagraphs(child, depth + 1, reference, indentCm, num, out, cChild);
+        // A level keeps the first kind it saw, so a sibling nested list of the other
+        // kind forks its own reference (as the ODT side mints its own list style).
+        const seen = num.levelKindAt(reference, depth + 1);
+        const ref = seen && seen !== (child.type === 'orderedList' ? 'ordered' : 'bullet')
+          ? num.newReference() : reference;
+        listToParagraphs(child, depth + 1, ref, indentCm, num, out, cChild);
       } else if (child.type === 'paragraph' || child.type === 'heading') {
         if (!numberedFirst) {
           out.push(paragraphToDocx(child, { numbering: { reference, level: depth } }));
diff --git a/src/lib/import/docx.ts b/src/lib/import/docx.ts
index ec5ba36..0e49431 100644
--- a/src/lib/import/docx.ts
+++ b/src/lib/import/docx.ts
@@ -940,6 +940,16 @@ function convertParagraph(el: Element, ctx: Ctx, kind: BlockKind, boldByDefault:
   const attrs = blockAttrs(ppr, kind, level, directJc ? jcVal : null,
     kind === 'cell' ? ctx.styles.paragraphSpacing(styleId, ctx.cellSpacing) : {});
   applyContextualSpacing(el, ppr, ctx, styleId, attrs);
+  // The baked-in cell chain must not accrete no-op direct formatting: in a cell,
+  // unset spacing renders 0/0 (no word processor passes the default style's spacing
+  // into a cell), and single line height is only kept over a non-single default.
+  if (kind === 'cell') {
+    if (attrs.spaceBefore === 0) delete attrs.spaceBefore;
+    if (attrs.spaceAfter === 0) delete attrs.spaceAfter;
+    const def = ctx.styles.paragraphSpacing(null);
+    const defSingle = (def.line ?? 240) === 240 && (!def.lineRule || def.lineRule === 'auto');
+    if (attrs.lineHeight === '1' && defSingle) delete attrs.lineHeight;
+  }
   // Widow-orphan control has no registry home, so the resolved value rides the block.
   const directWc = fc(ppr, 'widowControl');
   if (!(directWc ? onOff(directWc) : ctx.styles.paragraphWidowControl(styleId))) {
diff --git a/tests/unit/docx-table-style.test.ts b/tests/unit/docx-table-style.test.ts
index e01a030..0b4eabb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/docx-table-style.test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit/docx-table-style.test.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ describe('a table style’s w:pPr ranks under the paragraph style', () => {
   it('round-trips the baked values', async () => {
     const doc = { type: 'doc', content: importDocx(spacedTable()).content.content };
     const bytes = await buildDocx(doc as N, { top: 2, bottom: 2, left: 2, right: 2 });
-    expect(attrsOf(bytes)).toMatchObject({ spaceAfter: 8, lineHeight: '1' });
+    // Our own export's default line height is single again, so the re-import drops
+    // the baked '1' as default-equal; the non-default space after stays.
+    const attrs = attrsOf(bytes);
+    expect(attrs).toMatchObject({ spaceAfter: 8 });
+    expect(attrs.lineHeight).toBeUndefined();
   });
 });