| FILLER | Brief article or item used to bridge a gap in a newspaper or broadcast; or, decorator's caulk (6) |
| SPACER | Device designed to bridge a gap between parts (6) |
| CORRESPONDENT | One employed to send special reports to a newspaper or broadcast outlet (13) |
| LYON | Identify the city which plays a major, historic, and culinary capital frequently used to bridge the gap between intermediate stages and Alps of Tour de France. (4) |
| SPAN | Bridge (a gap) |
| BRUSH | An artist or decorator's tool for applying paint; or, another word for scrubland (5) |
| PAINTBRUSHES | Artist's or decorator's equipment |
| DESIGN | Expertise for an architect or decorator |
| THING | Article or item |
| PAINTER | Artist or decorator |
| SMEUSE | A dialect word, combining the Old French for "secret hiding place" and "smoot", meaning a small hole, for a gap in a fence or hedge for the passing of a rabbit or a hare (6) |
| HIATUS | A gap in a hut is necessary for it (6) |
| HOLLOW | Gap in a tree trunk, often inhabited by roosting bats, owls or nesting squirrels; or, a small valley (6) |
| SPREAD | Bedcover; an array of food laid on a table; two facing pages in a newspaper; or, butter, jam, Marmite and suchlike applied to bread (6) |
| BYLINE | Row of text above an article in a newspaper or magazine giving the author's name (6) |
| HECATE | In bridge, a holding of two nonconsecutive high cards of a suit, such as the ace and queen (6) |
| TENACE | In bridge, a holding of two nonconsecutive high cards of a suit, such as the ace and queen (6) |
| SERIAL | A story for broadcast or publication in a number of instalments (6) |
| PUNDIT | Expert - ie, in a newspaper or on TV (6) |
| BREACH | Gap in a wall, say, right. found in sandy area (6) |
