| TROMPELOEIL | Artistic or architectural technique intended to deceive the viewer's perception of reality by using great, often trivial, detail |
| DRAMATIC | ____ licence, deviation from reality by e.g. playwrights for the sake of form (8) |
| GASLIGHTS | Manipulates someone into questioning their own perception of reality (9) |
| DANCETTE | Word, from "tooth", for a heraldic or architectural pattern or line of chevrons, indents or zigzags reminiscent of a set of teeth (8) |
| COD | To deceive the church head is to do wrong (3) |
| FOLIATION | A plant's production of greenery; the numbering of leaves in a book; or, architectural ornamentation of cusps, foils and other leaf-like motifs (9) |
| AGRICULTURAL | Around the capital of Latvia, what relates to artistic or intellectual endeavour is a growth business. (12) |
| EYEOPENER | In the middle of storm, centre gets the first score - it's astonishing to one of the viewers (3-6) |
| NEWSITEM | bit of info relayed by the anchor to the viewers: 2 wds. |
| CONFORM | Change to deceive the class (7) |
| ANDWHATHAVEYOU | With which to deceive the solvers, etc |
| FOOLHARDY | Reckless to deceive the writer |
| TRICKLING | Going in a slow stream to deceive the fish |
| LIEN | Legal right to deceive the National Front (4) |
| TRICKLE | Tiny drop to deceive the French (7) |
| FILLETS | Decorative lines impressed on book covers; ribbons worn as headbands; boned sides of fish; or, architectural lists or listels (7) |
| RUSE | About to catch American in action intended to deceive (4) |
| TILES | Flat pieces used to form words in Scrabble; or, architectural slabs known in Portugal as azulejos (5) |
| MADAME | From "my lady", French word for a "Mrs" or a woman of artistic or exotic means, such as palm-reading (6) |
| MUSEUMS | Buildings where objects of historical, artistic or scientific interest are exhibited (7) |