| PARAPHRASE | In other words, perhaps mistaken about a painter |
| COYPU | Shy bear perhaps mistaken for another furry creature |
| PRAYER | Perry mistaken about a petition (6) |
| REASONABLE | Nobles are mistaken about a right (10) |
| CATSEYE | 1988 Margaret Atwood novel about a painter named Elaine Risley: 2 wds. |
| ISHEDEAD | Mark Twain farce about a painter who fakes his own demise |
| ENSOR | "Meet James ___" (They Might Be Giants song about a painter) |
| BLUEBEARD | Kurt Vonnegut novel about a painter (9) |
| EYE | Cat's ___ 1988 novel by Margaret Atwood about a painter Elaine Risley who looks back at her younger days |
| HORSE | In other words, he's mistaken about the animal (5) |
| CARELESSLY | Carlyle's mistaken about English society in a slapdash way (10) |
| SATYR | Word, perhaps from "wild animal" or "female grasper", for a drunken lustful nymph-chasing sylvan god, a lecherous man, an orangutan, a biblical goat-demon or a woodland butterfly with dancing flight ( |
| INSCRIBE | Engrave words perhaps in cradle in Home Counties (8) |
| TUNIS | Isn't mistaken about capital of Uganda, or other African capital (5) |
| PORTFOLIO | Poirot mistaken about most of folk in case (9) |
| SCUFFLES | A somewhat dusty old eccentric word, perhaps evocative of one who tipples or topes all day long, for a hand-held concertina or squeeze-box playing a ditty or merry little song (8) |
| EVERYPICTURETELLSASTORY | An image is worth a thousand words, perhaps |
| DISMISSAL | Final words, perhaps, in girl's service book |
| PROEM | In Wordsworth's words, perhaps, start to recite The Prelude |
| SENTENCES | Only a few words, perhaps, but they carry conviction (9) |
