| UNFLATTERING | Failing to present one's features (or facts) in a favourable light (12) |
| ESTEEM | See EMT in a favourable light (6) |
| TRIVIAGAME | Jeopardy! or Facts in Five |
| TENDER | To present (one's resignation, eg.) |
| THERE | It's time to present one, in that place (5) |
| SERPENT | Is about to present one with a snake (7) |
| ATBEST | Regarding it in the most favourable light (2,4) |
| COLOUR | Put in favourable light paint (6) |
| VERIFICATION | Establishment of the correctness of a theory or fact (12) |
| CHRISTMASEVE | The day before the present one (9,3) |
| COMPENDIUM | Book of useful hints or facts; collection of puzzles or board games in a single box; or, a set or packet of stationery for writing letters (10) |
| ARTICLES | Clauses or paragraphs in legal documents; or, stories, features or entries in newspapers, magazines or encyclopedias (8) |
| MATERIAL | General word for matter such as baize, candlewick, crepe paper, felt, or tweed; songs or jokes comprising a performer's act; or, facts, ideas and notes for use in creating a novel (8) |
| TRAITS | An old word for the pen or pencil strokes in pictures, which came to mean distinguishing features or peculiarities of mind or character (6) |
| WELLAWAY | Off to a good start, is in a favourable position |
| CRAM | Study facts in a hurry for a test |
| LOOKUP | Search for a fact in a book or on the net (4,2) |
| EVIDENCE | A document for establishing a fact in a legal investigation (8) |
| ENBRAS | French term meaning in a favourable or flattering way (2,4) |
| SITTINGPRETTY | In a favourable or advantageous position (7,6) |
