| PAYOLA | A bribe offered in return for unofficial promotion of a product, etc., in the media |
| FOXY | Some onyx offered in return? Cunning! |
| BRANDING | The promotion of a product through advertising and distinctive design (8) |
| AD | Public promotion of a product |
| ADVERT | Public promotion of a product |
| TIED | ____ house, a pub that is obliged to sell the beer, products etc. of a particular brewer (4) |
| SUBORN | Bribe offered by cheat upsettingly exposed in tabloid (6) |
| POSED | Took a stance, rejecting bribe offered by little man |
| LEAFLETS | Fliers or handbills advertising events, political parties, products etc; or, the folioles forming compound greenery of ashes, ferns, horse chestnuts and other plants/trees (8) |
| SOP | Bribe offered by some other parties' leaders |
| SHELL | Any of the conchological items often spotted with driftwood, pebbles, sea glass, pink sea fans, fossils, by-the-wind sailors etc in the activity of beachcombing (5) |
| RECONSTITUTION | The adding of water etc in the matter of established political norms (14) |
| LOMBARDSTREET | The centre of merchant banking, etc, in the City of London (7,6) |
| SPECULATOR | One who invests in stocks, property etc. in the hope of making a profit (10) |
| PUBLICRELATIONS | The promotion of a favourable company image by well-known brothers for example (6,9) |
| SPORTSWRITER | One of those in the media talking about the club - the one reporting the fights (12) |
| NEGLECT | Fail to care for the glen, etc, in the confusion (7) |
| WALLET | What is a small, book-like folding case for carrying papers, paper money etc, in the pocket (6) |
| HEDDLING | Process of cutting, lopping, pruning etc in the rural skill of hedge-laying (8) |
| ADVANCEMENT | The promotion of a person in rank or status (11) |
