| ITALIAN | Dressing actress Shire in imitation coat (7) |
| ECHOING | Repeating in imitation of mythological nymph in German (7) |
| COPYCAT | Something newsworthy - act bad in imitation (7) |
| MIMICRY | Operatic heroine gets to shed tears in imitation (7) |
| MATTOCK | Pick a tutu oddly in imitation (7) |
| EBONISE | To stain or finish in imitation of prized black wood, is to do what (7) |
| TALIA | Actress Shire who played Adrian in "Rocky" |
| HEIRS | They inherit from shire in distress |
| AYR | Shire in northern eastern Qld |
| TALIAS | Actress Shire and others |
| UNDERHILL | Frodo's alias when escaping The Shire in the first volume of Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings trilogy |
| BRIGHT | Name a town and shire in NE Victoria, on the Ovens River (6) |
| FYRD | Local militia of an Anglo-Saxon shire, in which all freemen had to serve prior to 1066 (4) |
| SCALLOPS | Fanned mollusc shells emblematic of St James the Great and pilgrims; or, ornamental curves cut in the edges of cloth or worked in knitting in imitation of thus (8) |
| GRISAILLE | From French for "grey", a monochromatic painting executed entirely in shades of grey, in imitation of stone sculpture; or, the original stained glass in this manner (9) |
| RETICENCE | Page missing in imitation? One caught in that shows unwillingness to speak (9) |
| ERSATZ | Made in imitation of some items in jeweller's at Zermatt (6) |
| FUGUE | From "flight", a contrapuntal composition in which a number of parts/voices enter successively in imitation of each other; or, a psychogenic flight from reality (5) |
| PLONK | Word, thought to be in imitation of the "blanc" in French vin blanc, for a cheap variety of said white wine or any other inferior vinous beverage (5) |
| SHAMROCK | Growth in imitation stone (8) |
