| REDOUBLE | Intensify the colour of the globe ? an unusual blue (8) |
| TEAL | A deep greenish blue, reminiscent of the colour of the distinctive eye patches of a duck of the same name (4) |
| NAVY | A fleet; or, dark blue, like the colour of the uniforms of the crew, marines sailors, seamen/women serving aboard the warships of said force (4) |
| EAUDENIL | Pale pastel-green hue named for its supposed resemblance to the colour of the water of the river credited as the world's longest (3,2,3) |
| LORIKEET | What is the common name of the Trichoglossus with feathers the colour of the rainbow? (8) |
| GREEN | One of the colours of the Olympic rings or of the emblem of Pyeongchang (5) |
| EOS | Greek word for dawn, given as the genus name of a species of lory with red-and-blue plumage, reminiscent of the colours of the sky at daybreak (3) |
| ESCALATE | Intensify, the tension will ... |
| GREENHORN | I have no experience of the colour of the sea at the cape (9) |
| BLUE | The colour of the flame produced by arsenic, germanium, lead or tantalum when subjected to the gaseous part of fire (4) |
| STREAK | Course or succession of luck or wins; a swift dash; or, the colour of the powder of a mineral (6) |
| DUSKY | The colour of the evening sky on the fourth of July? (5) |
| TOPAZ | Semi-precious stone, the largest example of which was called 'Marbella' after the colour of the sea at that Costa del Sol Spanish town (5) |
| OCHRE | The colour of the ore found around the church (5) |
| TIGHTEN | A bit tense during a rough night, intensify the pressure (7) |
| YELLOW | The colour of the leader's jersey in the Tour de France |
| PINK | Call of a chaffinch; a clove-scented flower related to sweet william, carnation and red campion; or, the colour of the Leander Club's hippopotamus logo (4) |
| TAUPE | It was the colour of the ribbon with the union leader (5) |
| OLDROSE | Soft-pink hue reminiscent of the colour of the heirloom or "antique" flowers including albas, centifolias, damasks and gallicas (3,4) |
| GARNET | Derived from Latin meaning "pomegranate", a gem that is the colour of the arils of said fruit (6) |
