| PIRATED | Like some piece judged to be plagiarised (7) |
| LIFETABLE | Set of statistics likely to be plagiarised? Content's enlightening, principally |
| BELIEFS | Opinions judged to be true (7) |
| MISTAKE | The miscalculation that half the stout-like creature is some piece of meat, so to speak (7) |
| CRIBBED | Plagiarised chapter derided (7) |
| AERATED | Beer with no heart judged to have a head? (7) |
| FLOTSAM | Fish head almost blended, some pieces left on the surface (7) |
| SEGMENT | Society, eg, had some pieces, at last, but only a portion (7) |
| ENDGAME | Finish the match with some pieces still on board (7) |
| ECLIPSE | Some pieces left out when the Sun disappears (7) |
| BAKLAVA | Endlessly bake, with some pieces of lard, vanilla dessert (7) |
| RENOIRS | Some pieces of Impressionism |
| SPECIES | Initially, some pieces create breed |
| ASTARTE | Last art exhibition featured some pieces depicting Phoenician goddess |
| ASSESSABLE | Can be judged to be one animal trailing others |
| CRITERIA | Standards judged to be sad, then sadder, so to speak? (8) |
| RATED | Judged to be a traitor to the editor (5) |
| TIPSY | Like some pieces of advice? Get drunk |
| INSTRUMENTAL | Like some pieces, playing a part (12) |
| DOUBLEBARRELLED | Like some pieces with hyphenated names (6-9) |
