| ROUGHPICTURE | A vague idea of a bully taking a painting (5,7) |
| IMPRESSION | Vague idea of a favourable effect (10) |
| MANLY | Tough guy, a bit of a bully (5) |
| DRAGOON | Bully taking battle-axe around head of opponent (7) |
| SMOKEDETECTOR | Preserved Parisian and bully taking the top off fire safety device |
| COERCE | Bully taking gin back from drunk concierge (6) |
| NOTATION | A system for writing down a vague idea including brief acknowledgment of appreciation (8) |
| NOTIFICATION | Message with vague idea about whether one feline is locked in (12) |
| NOTION | A vague idea for a one-off? (6) |
| INKLING | A vague idea (7) |
| TOSOMEDEGREE | Aim of a vague student? That's partly true (2,4,6) |
| CRUSOE | Robinson's vague idea of how Caruso sounded (6) |
| ROUT | Word derived from the idea of a broken army for a decisive defeat; a noisy rabble; a large evening party or reception; or, a pack of wolves (4) |
| ASIDE | Vague ideas of actors are heard by spectators but others turn a deaf ear (5) |
| NOTIONS | Vague ideas of uncharged particles? (7) |
| ENTREE | French word based on the simple idea of a "way in", whether access to high society, admittance to a place such as an inn, the introduction to the heart of the meal, a musical prelude or a curtain-rais |
| TUFT | Be it carpet pile, golden toffish tassel threads, hair, hay or the grassy crest of a hilly tump, the meaning of this word has always revolved around the idea of a bunch or clump (4) |
| THEME | Unifying idea of a work of art (5) |
| ABSTRACTION | General idea of a botanist driving a battered car (11) |
| HUNCH | The idea of a barbarian having a companion (5) |
