| BENEFITOFCLERGY | Ecclesiastical sanction has regional effect by suppressing a broadcast |
| INTERDICT | Credit tin (anag) - ecclesiastical sanction (9) |
| INQUISITION | Institution established in 1478 to preserve Catholicism by suppressing heresy (7,11) |
| SPANISH | Institution established in 1478 to preserve Catholicism by suppressing heresy (7,11) |
| IGNOMINY | One short little man, by suppressing bully, finally causing humiliation (8) |
| WOWFACTOR | Acoustic effect by fine player that gives a thrill |
| DIAMANTE | Material given a sparkling effect by means of artificial gems, powdered crystal, etc. |
| BOA | Accessory that may be used for dramatic effect by a burlesque dancer |
| PASSED | Approved or put a proposal into effect by voting (6) |
| IMPLEMENT | Put into effect by ordinary blokes beheaded before time (9) |
| LITOTES | Understatement used for effect by T.S. Eliot? (7) |
| GLISSANDI | Musical effect by sliding finger along keyboard (9) |
| OXYMORON | An epigrammatic effect, by which contradictory terms are used in conjunction |
| ROULETTE | Lethal game played to shocking effect by Christopher Walken in The Deer Hunter, Russian ... |
| MINISKIRT | Worn to shock in the 60s - and worn to effect by Jean Shrimpton at the Melbourne Cup in 1965 |
| LEADINGMAN | Stage suppressing a noise by crew for megastar? (7,3) |
| PALADINS | Fighters for a cause, chums suppressing a noise (8) |
| DOPES | Affects by giving narcotics (5) |
| XFACTORS | Revolutionary special effects by performers showing special talents (1-7) |
| HOLDINGDOWNAJOB | Suppressing a career working in the office in a manner of speaking (7,4,1,3) |