| VIEW | An inspection; an opinion; or, a pleasant prospect or scene (4) |
| AUDIT | Official inspection an organisation's accounts (5) |
| NEWSPAPERCOLUMN | Place to express an opinion ... or a literal description of 3-, 7-, 9- and 21-Down? |
| VISTA | Pleasant prospect (5) |
| STANCE | Person's standing posture; mountaineer's belay ledge; opinion; or, a Scottish taxi rank (6) |
| IKON | A visual representation of an object or scene or person produced on a surface. |
| DEEM | Form an opinion or judge |
| EXAM | An inspection once before noon |
| REVIEW | From "to see", an inspection of ships or troops; a retrospective survey or looking back; a critique of a book, film or play; or, a periodical, published with critical articles (6) |
| CUTAWAY | A tapering morning, newmarket or tail coat; a drawing or "exploded view" showing interior workings; a shot or scene that deviates from a movie's action; or, a flying trapeze trick (7) |
| IDEA | Opinion or view (4) |
| BACKDOWN | Retreat from an opinion or claim (4,4) |
| HERESY | An opinion or doctrine contrary to the orthodox tenets of a religious body or church (6) |
| EYES | Opinion or judgment. |
| REFUTES | Proves to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge; disproves. (7) |
| LOCUS | From "place", the site or scene of any happening or crime; the position of a gene on a chromosome; a set of mathematical points; a passage in writing; or, whereabouts generally (5) |
| ASPECT | Prospect or outlook; or, conjunction or other angular relationship between planets or points in a horoscope (6) |
| STOCKTAKE | Word for an act of recording an inventory of the goods or merchandise held by a business, thus a reassessment of one's current progress, prospects or situation (9) |
| AVOIDANCE | Dare to put in an opinion, or steering clear? (9) |
| OPEDCOLUMN | Place for airing an opinion ... or what five of this puzzle's Down answers contain? |
