| PRIESTESS | Cleric ties knot, and is featured in newspapers (9) |
| DISENTANGLE | Will sort out the knots, and is gentle about it (11) |
| PERSON | Being featured in newspapers online (6) |
| INITIATED | Tied it in a knot and began (9) |
| TRAVELLED | First to tie knot, went ahead and saw the world (9) |
| ERUDITELY | Rudely tie knot in a learned way (9) |
| FRAGRANCE | Cologne, perhaps, featured in newspaper in country across the Channel |
| ALLEVIATE | Leave tail in knots and take the edge off (9) |
| ITERATIVE | Repeating tie knot, I have to follow traitor (9) |
| COLUMBINE | AC/DC featured in newspaper piece by E Bloom |
| IANRANKIN | Writer whose 1987 novel Knots and Crosses introduced Rebus (3,6) |
| TERRORIST | Bomber's inaccuracy is featured in The Times initially (9) |
| TERRORISM | Mistaken opinion is featured in trademark anarchy (9) |
| REALISTIC | Natural is featured in badly written article (9) |
| JOHNREBUS | Detective protagonist of Knots And Crosses (1987) 24 subsequent novels by Scottish author Sir Ian Rankin (4,5) |
| DIABOLIST | Devil worshipper is featured in stirring tabloid |
| TOPIARIST | Gardener is featured in painting with sun hat on |
| SKATEPUNK | Rock subgenre whose music is featured in "Tony Hawk's" games |
| TITFORTAT | Retaliation by fort after it is featured in tasteless articles (3,3,3) |
| EPITOMISE | Abstract poem, about to disappear, is featured in book |
