| DIPPER | Another name for a water ouzel; a small cup clipped on to an artist's palette for diluent; or, the Plough asterism (6) |
| PALE | Ashen or wan; or, the "P" in IPA (4) |
| LOON | American name for a water-bird also known as a diver (4) |
| PINCENEZ | Glasses clipped on to the nose (5-3) |
| PAINT | Stuff on an artist's palette |
| OILPAINT | Stuff on an artist's palette |
| OCHER | It's on the artist's palette |
| BRUSH | Twiggy lopping of trees; a besom, broom or whisk; or, a white-tipped tail of a fox, named for its resemblance to an artist's traditional filbert, rigger or other paint applicator of the same name (5) |
| TESTER | Historically, a person employed to prove the innocuousness of food by eating it before serving it to their master or mistress; or, a little cup for a person who is sampling wine (6) |
| LOVAT | Rising in the Chiltern Hills, another name for the River Ouzel; or, a muted green colour used for Scottish tweed, moleskins, kilt socks and country knits (5) |
| BLACKBIRD | An ouzel or merle esteemed for its mellow song; or, the title of a 1968 song by the "Fab Four" (9) |
| DIPPERS | Ladles; snacks such as goujons for dunking in a sauce; water ouzels, the world's only aquatic songbirds; or, assistants historically employed to help bathers in and out of the sea |
| SCOOP | First a bucket for a water wheel, now a spoon for serving ice cream or a meal; or, a Waugh-like front-page reveal (5) |
| MERLOT | From French patois for "little blackbird", a Bordeaux grape variety, named for its resemblance to the blue-black colour of said ouzel (6) |
| TASSIE | Based on French, a Scottish name for a small cup |
| SCULPSIT | An ancient engraver, figurist or statue-maker's Latin-inscribed credit, proudly proclaiming "he/she carved it", similar to an artist's "pinxit" (8) |
| DEMITASSE | Aimed to set out on Sunday, producing a small cup (9) |
| ASTROPHYSICIST | A small cup is returned to old box for stargazer (14) |
| LONGSHOT | Outside chance - if one to fear - of Trump getting clipped on the other ear. (4,4) |
| FARMHAND | Force a marine to pass on to an agricultural workman (4-4) |
