| FROLIC | Cavort, returning part of pencil or fountain-pen (6) |
| LEAD | Preceder of pencil or poisoning |
| RUBBER | Set of matches, and part of pencil, perhaps |
| TIPS | Pointed ends of pencils; or, extremities of fingers (4) |
| STUBS | Unusable ends of pencils or of cigarettes? |
| ASITIS | Returning part of the deposit is allowed at present (2,2,2) |
| SUNBOW | Prismatic arc of colours as a result of the refraction of natural light shining through the mist or spray of a waterfall, cascade or fountain (6) |
| EDITOR | A reviser of newspaper copy or preparer of book text whose traditional red pencil or pen remains a symbol of the proofreading profession (6) |
| SATRAP | Returning part as a provincial governor of a one-time Median empire (6) |
| STUMPS | Tortillons used for softening hard edges or blending tones in works of art created with chalk, charcoal, Conte crayon, pastel or pencil; or, the end of a day's play in cricket (6) |
| ERASER | At the end of a pencil or novelty and collected by a 1980s schoolchild, a device to rub out errors or evidence of imagination run wild (6) |
| CRAYON | A conte; a colouring-pencil; or, a pastel-like stick of pigmented wax (6) |
| ECLAIR | Even bits of pencil show something long and thin (6) |
| POINTS | Called for tip of pencil to get sharpened (6) |
| LINERS | Kohl pencils; or, fine paintbrushes used by artists (6) |
| STUBBS | Artist used bits of pencil, it's said |
| ERASES | Gets rid of pencil marks |
| OMAR | Arab returning part of computer cipher |
| PEDAL | Boy gets record for returning part of bicycle (5) |
| RULER | Are you texting student about returning part of geometry kit? (5) |
