| CARDBOARD | Acting that's not presented as a twisted cord to the bard (9) |
| NERVECELL | Neuron transmitting messages from the brain and spinal cord to the limbs and organs of the human body (5,4) |
| UNOFFERED | Not presented as an option (9) |
| ROPY | Like a twisted cord that's not very good (4) |
| ABSTRACTART | Pictures where objects are not presented as they are in reality (8,3) |
| SAFETYPIN | Pity a fen's presented as a tailor's last resort (6,3) |
| AUSTRALIA | State originally presented as a ritual |
| SHOELACES | Pair of cords to go with brogues, perhaps (4,5) |
| DRESSEDUP | All misleadingly presented as having nowhere to go? |
| DAVIDBOWIE | Rock legend who hoaxed the art world in 1998 by promoting Nat Tate, a nonexistent painter and the subject of a novel presented as a full-length biography |
| ROSETTE | A flower-shaped arrangement of ribbons worn as a badge or presented as a prize |
| EASTENDER | Pearly king's merchandise finally presented as offer |
| SPOON | One who is foolishly or mawkishly amorous; or, a utensil traditionally presented as a booby prize to an apparently wooden-headed candidate who came last in the Cambridge mathematical tripos (5) |
| ILPENSEROSO | A vision of poetic Melancholy by John Milton presented as a companion piece to L'Allegro |
| BADGE | A good bed presented as a sign of membership |
| DEFEATED | Beaten by a deed presented as a feat (8) |
| MAGNUMOPUS | Large wine bottle and spilt soup presented as a great work of art (6,4) |
| ASPIDISTRA | Popular houseplant presented as a symbol of middle class values by George Orwell |
| EPISTOLARY | Type of novel presented as a series of letters |
| CLARK | Kenneth -; author of Civilisation, which he first presented as a television series (5) |
