| ALLISION | An unusual word for the act of dashing or striking against, whose near-homophonic etymological or semantic relative means apparition, deception, maya or mirage (8) |
| RAPTURE | Solving, put in an unusual word for "delight" (7) |
| SLIPSLOP | Insipid watery weak unappetising food or drink whose near-reduplicative sound is reflected in drivel, a flappy sandal, gibberish, gush, pigswill, malapropian twaddle or mush (8) |
| TOBACCO | Solanaceous plant of tropical America against whose use James I wrote a 'Counterblaste' in 1604 (7) |
| DEWDROP | Deputy adopting unusual word for a bit of morning moisture (7) |
| DOWAGER | Time to probe unusual word for widowed aristocrat (7) |
| CREATION | Word for the act of making; the artefact made; an elaborate or unusual garment, hat etc; or, the cosmos (8) |
| REVIVAL | Word for the act of giving someone or something, such as an old play, the kiss of life; quickening from depression or languor; or, religious awakening (7) |
| SHOOTING | Word for the act of blasting a bore; the sport of hunting game; an estate on which to blast, fire or hunt; or, a sudden twinge of sharp pain (8) |
| CHOICE | Word for the act/power of electing, hand-picking, opting or selecting; the thing decided on; or, the best or preferable part, aka the plum (6) |
| ARISTOLOGY | An unusual word, from the Greek for "breakfast, lunch" plus "study", for the art or science of good eating and entire experience of dining (10) |
| IGNITION | Word for the act or process of lighting a fire or for activating combustion in an IC engine (8) |
| FENESTRA | Latin for "window", hence found in a word for the act of throwing a person out of said light or opening (8) |
| APPROVAL | Word for the act of sanctioning or agreeing; commendation; or, favourable judgement (8) |
| EXPOSURE | Word for the act of laying open or bare; or, a shelterless state (8) |
| INVESTMENT | Word for the act of "clothing" an asset with money for profit (10) |
| TESSELLATION | Word, from the Greek for "four", thus the Latin for "cube, die, square", for the act or art of perfectly interlocking, mosaicking or tiling shapes, leaving neither spaces nor gaps (12) |
| PURSUIT | Word for the act of following or chasing a fast car, game, a hobby, knowledge, love, a track bike, trivia etc; or, that which is striven after (7) |
| MAKING | Word for the act of forming bread, cabinets, cakes, candles, Christmas cards, decisions or anything else (6) |
| THRUST | Sea lavender's cousin growing on wind-smitten cliffs, rocks, ocean-sprayed turf and shores; or, from "grasp, prosperity, success", a word for the act or art of frugality, parsimony or prudence (6) |
