| UPPERCASELETTER | A description, perhaps (5-4,6) |
| TANGENT | Trump's description perhaps provides digression (7) |
| ITCHY | Rash description, perhaps |
| ONEAFTERANOTHER | A description of 11 is in order (3,5,7) |
| POLITICALASYLUM | Refuge for dissident or a description of a day in Parliament? (9,6) |
| ITSAPPROACHABLE | Start of a description |
| LIVINGONTHEEDGE | Taking risks, or, in another sense, a description of this puzzle's theme |
| SAFETYINNUMBERS | Book contains security apparently, or a description of it (6,2,7) |
| GREENEGGSANDHAM | Dr. Seuss book ... or a description of the answers to the three starred clues |
| DOUBLENEGATIVES | Some grammatical no-nos ... or a description of four pairs of answers in this puzzle? |
| PLAYWITHINAPLAY | Embedded narrative, and a description of the answer to each starred clue |
| BANDAIDSOLUTION | Temporary fix or a description of seven answers in this puzzle |
| FASHIONABLYLATE | Making an appearance after the party starts, or a description of the shifted articles of clothing in this puzzle |
| LANGUAGEBARRIER | Tourist's concern, and a description of four of this puzzle's black squares |
| SWEET | A bonbon; or, a description of a wine with a high sugar content, often served with puddings (5) |
| ITSALONGSTORY | Perhaps it's a description of Tower of Babel in Bible (2'1,1,4,5) |
| SNAKEDANCE | Hopi ritual in which participants move in a zigzag line - or a description of a charmed cobra's move |
| ELITE | Group seen as superior, or a description of a top athlete (5) |
| CHOCOLATE | Colour of a Labrador other than black or yellow; food such as Bournville; or, linked with "box" for a description of a pretty cottage or pastoral painting (9) |
| ALMAGEST | A work on astronomy, compiled by Ptolemy in the 2nd century AD, containing a description of the geocentric system of the universe and a star catalogue |