| CAMOUFLAGED | Blending in with the background, so as to be difficult to see (11) |
| APATETIC | A head twitching and merging in with the background |
| APPLEPIE | ____ bed, one prepared as a practical joke so as to be difficult to get into (5,3) |
| VAST | So huge as to be difficult to comprehend |
| HARMONIZING | The damage no gin is causing, blending in (11) |
| ONEINTHEEYE | Is it more difficult to see having had this rebuff? (3,2,3,3) |
| BAMBI | Book in the morning to start blending in with deer (5) |
| WASHBOARD | 'This instrument used to be difficult to get to grips with' - Diddley |
| THROAT | Stick in one's ___ , expression meaning 'to be difficult to accept' (6) |
| ELUSIVE | Use veil in order to be difficult to catch (7) |
| CRYPTIC | Underground room I see said to be difficult to understand (7) |
| COORDINATING | Blending in with some gentle mutterings over research and development in Austria (12) |
| TONGUETWISTER | Phrase designed to be difficult to pronounce quickly and correctly (6,7) |
| STICKINONESCRAW | Swank is essentially sarky conceit, anyway, to be difficult to accept (5,2,4,4) |
| HARDNUT | Something said to be difficult to crack (4,3) |
| MUSTARD | Condiment has to be difficult to leave unopened (7) |
| STICKINSECTS | Those blending in with surroundings never leave exclusive groups (5,7) |
| DEMANDING | Claiming to be difficult to please (9) |
| SECONDCOMINGLED | Boxer's assistant blending in with others? |
| UPHILL | Philip in university for The Rising is inclined to be difficult (6) |
