| BLOTTING | And 22 Down: Absorbing news-sheet, sought before the ink is dry (8,5) |
| SLALOM | Run down, absorbing slow, endless mountain race |
| PENALTY | Many left going down absorbing a fine (7) |
| BLOTTINGPAPER | Absorbing news sheet, sought before the ink is dry |
| PAPER | See 10A, Absorbing news-sheet, sought before the ink is dry (8,5) |
| COURTCIRCULAR | Much more regal than a news-sheet sent round to members of the tennis club! (5,8) |
| SECONDOPINION | What might be sought before a major decision |
| YOURSTRULY | Absorbing news ultimately, the solver's really the setter! |
| ANON | Unknowable author who mused, "The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr" (abbr.) |
| INTAGLIO | Printing process where the image is engraved on a surface and the recessed area holds the ink (8) |
| WAIST | Ink is spilled where iron is made into weapon (5) |
| INNS | Pubs in which Everyman sits finally absorbing news (4) |
| JAVAJIVE | Song performed by the Ink Spots and the Manhattan Transfer |
| ELLA | "___ and Her Fellas" (LP with Armstrong and the Ink Spots) |
| SILKSCREEN | A type of print made with a stencil and fabric mesh in which ink is forced through small holes (10) |
| SCREEN | Stencilled mesh frame through which dye or ink is forced with a squeegee in the art of silk printing or serigraphy; or, a decorative carved wooden partition in a church (6) |
| SEPIA | Coloured ink is, in the main, sanctimonious (5) |
| MIMEO | A rotary duplicator that uses a stencil through which ink is pressed (trade mark Roneo). |
| FLYPAPER | Pest-control article in astute news-sheet |
| LOCALPAPER | Regional news-sheet (5,5) |
