| VARIEGATED | Having a multicoloured appearance, awfully great idea by Vanuatu's capital (10) |
| EXAGGERATE | Overstate former lover's awfully great age (10) |
| ISLE | Fair -- is a multicoloured pattern knitted with Shetland wool into sweaters (4) |
| BRAINSTORM | Great idea to bump into Mrs and go after underwear (10) |
| BRAINWAVES | Spooner's actor with native Americans leads to great ideas (5-5) |
| NEAPOLITAN | ... multicoloured sweets (see in an optical illusion) (10,4) |
| PRETTIFIED | Tarted up multicoloured clothes couturier's assistant sent back |
| JELLYBEANS | Multicoloured sweets (5,5) |
| PORTVILA | Vanuatu's capital, on the island of Efate (4,4) |
| THEORY | An idea by a man in a political party (6) |
| PORT | Vanuatu's capital, ... Vila |
| VILA | Vanuatu's capital |
| EDISON | He said, "To have a great idea, have a lot of them" |
| EXOPLANET | Old, old idea by alien to construct a distant Earth? (9) |
| GMAIL | App whose icon is a multicolored "M" on a white background |
| DEAFEN | It was a great idea, fencing, but it could make you a bit hard of hearing (6) |
| THEITALIANJOB | "Hang on a minute lads, I've got a great idea": the last words of which 1969 British film? (3,7,3) |
| ABSURDUM | Reductio ad ____ is a way of arguing for an idea by considering the implications of its opposite |
| DILLY | Great idea for a small personal bag |
| DAVIDBAILEY | Development of valid idea by photographer (5,6) |
