| COSMETICSURGERY | Call about gruesome tics, corrected - by such superficial treatment? (8,7) |
| SMATTERER | A rather dated word, from "chatter, gossip, prattle, rattle", for a dilettante, sciolist, scribbler, "Scriblerus" or other such superficial dabbler (9) |
| PLASTICSURGERY | Superficial treatment disconcerted greasy culprits (7,7) |
| SKINGRAFTS | Superficial treatments for ruler with large amount on board (4,6) |
| CANI | Question opener that gets corrected by grammar nerds |
| HOLISTS | Is sloth corrected by all-em bracing practitioners? (7) |
| BLUNDEN | Mistake finally corrected by new writer (7) |
| NOEL | He has one corrected by a learner (4) |
| EMENDED | Corrected by people in deed of a sort (7) |
| SWAGGER | Arrogance was corrected by the Governor-General in front of the Queen (7) |
| HARPIST | Sharp, it will be corrected by the musician (7) |
| ERRATA | Mistakes that need to be corrected by strike-breaker in time (6) |
| RIYADH | Diary corrected by husband in Arabian city (6) |
| KIRSTEN | Stinker corrected by US actor Ms Dunst (7) |
| TOURETTESSYNDROME | Neuropsychiatric disorder characterised by physical and vocal tics? (9,8) |
| OCD | Condition described by David Sedaris in "A Plague of Tics" |
| BERATES | Are best corrected by scolds (7) |
| TYPO | Something corrected by autocorrect |
| EDITED | Improved or corrected by critical editing. |
| MARKED | Stamped as corrected by teacher |