| EYESPOT | I, say, notice marking on butterfly's wing (3-4) |
| FLUTTER | Beat or movement of a butterfly's wings; a rapid heart rate, also called tachyarrhythmia; or, another name for a small bet (7) |
| SUNBEAR | Ursine critter with an orange-yellow marking on its chest |
| DOODLES | Marking on baize, plenty of casual designs (7) |
| ROUNDEL | Circular marking on RAF plane (7) |
| SILVERY | Brownish moth, Autographa gamma, with a light marking on each forewing (6,1) |
| INDICIA | In philately, distinguishing markings on mail other than postage stamps (7) |
| RACCOON | Animal with ringed markings on tail |
| RINGLET | Brown butterfly with circular markings on its wings |
| STRIPES | Vertical markings on tompot's body (7) |
| REMARK | Say; notice |
| DELICATE | like a butterfly's wing |
| SWIM | Do butterfly's wings in shadow start to interest Mike? (4) |
| IRIDESCENT | Description of an object with a play of lustrous rainbow colours, such as a soap bubble, mother-of-pearl-lined shell, peacock's feather or butterfly's wing (10) |
| SCALES | What covers a butterfly's wings, bodies, and legs |
| STRIPE | "Go-faster" marking on a racing car; a band of colour on an angelfish, badger, bumblebee, tiger or zebra; or, a chevron on a military sleeve (6) |
| SOCK | White marking on the lower part of a horse's leg (4) |
| PLIMSOLLLINE | Load marking on ship's side (8,4) |
| WOODPIGEON | Grey bird with a ring-like marking on its neck (4,6) |
| SPOT | Marking on snooker table (4) |