| ADUMBRATE | Give a faint shadow (9) |
| ADUMBRATES | Gives a faint shadow (of) (10) |
| ADUMBRATED | Gave a faint shadow (10) |
| COMEROUND | Recover from a faint or from bad temper, in a way ? (4,5) |
| WATERMARK | Label on box of tablets below with a faint pattern |
| STIR | A commotion; a faint movement or sensation; a slang word for jail; or, an instance of mixing cake batter, a cup of tea, vegetables in a wok etc (4) |
| WHISPER | A rumour; a secret hint; a low soft voice; or, a faint murmur or rustle of leaves (7) |
| GHOST | A spectre or spirit; a person's soul; semblance; a faint trace, glimmer or vestige; or, a 1990 film featuring the song Unchained Melody (5) |
| GLEAM | Word for a bright glow such as a sunbeam originally, later for a faint or dim glow; or, a brief manifestation (5) |
| TRACING | An act of copying a design, map, pattern etc by drawing over its lines through translucent paper; the sketch made; the marking out of a figure on ice when skating; or, a faint mark (7) |
| CORONA | The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere, visible as a faint halo during a solar eclipse (6) |
| CARBONDIOXIDE | Colourless gas having a faint sharp odour and a sour taste; it is one of the most important greenhouse gases linked to global warming. (6,7) |
| WRAITH | Word, possibly from "guardian", for an apparition or spectre; or, a faint trace or wisp of a person or thing (6) |
| CONTRETEMPS | In fencing, a faint made with the purpose of producing a counterthrust from one's opponent (11) |
| KEEL | Fall in a faint, with "over" |
| PLOTZ | Fall over in a faint |
| KEELED | Fell in a faint, with "over" |
| SWOONING | In a faint |
| KEELOVER | Fall, as in a faint (4,4) |
| WAFT | Drift (like a faint smell) (4) |
