| OKTA | What meteorological unit is used in expressing the extent of cloud cover? (4) |
| STRAIN | Have difficulty in expressing The Sound of Music (6) |
| WOW | Which ever way you look at it this word is used in expressing amazement (3) |
| TUNISIA | A unit is used in an African country (7) |
| DECIBEL | Which unit is used to measure the intensity of sound? (7) |
| PHRASING | Sharp fall in good use of exact words used in expressing a thought (8) |
| THOUSAND | Unit used in expressing salaries |
| AT | Preposition used in expressing location (2) |
| NEPER | Non-SI unit expressing the ratio of two currents or voltages, equal to the natural logarithm of the ratio of the two quantities (5) |
| ISOBATH | What is the line on a map that connects places with the same cloud cover? (7) |
| OCTA | Unit used to estimate cloud cover, equal to one eighth of the sky (4) |
| IDEOGRAM | Symbol representing the idea of a thing without expressing the name of it, such as in the Japanese writing system kanji (8) |
| STRATUS | Cloud cover begins to lift, admitting the sun at the centre (7) |
| DYSPHASIA | Disorder marked by difficulty in expressing thoughts in words (9) |
| MIGNONETTE | Expressing the diminutive of French for "darling", "dainty" or "small and sweet", a plant in the genus Reseda with spires of fragrant chartreuse or white flowers; fine pillow lace; or, a sauce for fre |
| GRAY | Old Etonian and Cantabrigian whose anonymous elegy written in, and expressing the evening mood of, an English churchyard in Stoke Poges achieved instantaneous success on its publication in 1751 (4) |
| BLUESKY | Zero cloud cover is still theoretical (4,3) |
| WEATHER | Day-to-day meteorological conditions including temperature, precipitation and cloud cover (7) |
| WALLOW | Take pleasure in expressing admiration over everyone (6) |
| RASPBERRY | One may have blown it in expressing disapproval (9) |
