| SEEM | Create the impression |
| ALTERED | Turned inside out, say ... and a synonym of the word spelled by the circled letters which, when moved to the outside, create the double-starred answers |
| ONCEUPONATIMEIN | Phrase that, when preceded by the first parts of the four theme entries, creates the name of the entertainment in the parenthesis |
| LIPPI | Italian artist who was commissioned by the Medici family to create the panel paintings The Annunciat |
| VOICEBOX | An organ that contains the muscles that move to create the voice (5,3) |
| REMBRANDT | Forename of the Dutch painter who used his signature chiaroscuro technique to create The Night Watch (9) |
| FRESCO | Method of painting murals used by Michelangelo to create The Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel (6) |
| OFILI | Turner Prize-winning artist who was commissioned by the Clothworkers Company to create The Caged Bird's Song tapestry (5) |
| SETTING | Surroundings; the scenery etc used to create the location in a play or film; or, a mounting for a gem in a piece of jewellery (7) |
| MAKEASTINGIMPRESSION | Create the wax figure of the Police's frontman? |
| DOCTOREDUP | Altered, in a way ... and a hint to the org. that helped create the answers to starred clues |
| PROSANDCONS | Both sides of an argument, and what have been switched to create the answers to the starred clues |
| BUSHIDO | Birdhouse losing the queen, to create the samurai code (7) |
| TOILE | French word for "cloth", used to refer to the plain fabric used to create the pattern or muslin for a couture or made-to-measure garment (5) |
| OCHRE | Material used at Blombos Cave to create the earliest known human drawing in the world |
| FILLERWORD | Sound added to everyday speech, and what's been added to create the answers to the starred clues |
| CHANGEDONESTUNE | Adopted a new attitude, or what music producers did to create the answers to the starred clues? |
| DRUMSTICKS | Used to create the beat for the chicken dance? (10) |
| PAVE | - - - the way for, create the circumstances for something to happen (4) |
| RISORGIMENTO | Rome rising to create the Italian Renaissance |
