| PROFANE | It's for a pen to depict that which isn't sacred (7) |
| PEAHEN | He uses a pen to depict creature (6) |
| UNREQUITED | The last of love, alas, is that which isn't rendered back... (10) |
| OKCORRAL | Certainly needing pen to depict classic Western scene |
| PELICAN | Use a pencil to depict a bird with a big bill for fish (7) |
| RISOTTO | Must chop up the root, it's for a rice dish (7) |
| CLEANER | When in credit incline to the East, which isn't so soiled (7) |
| SMALLER | How to sell the ram which isn't as big as the others (7) |
| TINYTIM | Incredibly minty, it's for a Dickens character (4,3) |
| ELECTRA | Choose a top artist to depict a heroine of Greece |
| PORTRAY | How to depict harbour, given a bit of light (7) |
| AIRRAID | Help to engage Irish artist to depict bombardment from above? |
| RIPOSTE | Poster is first to depict a quick retort in speech |
| STEWARD | Flight attendant to depict aliens in retirement (7) |
| RADIANT | Artist starts to depict industrial worker looking bright (7) |
| CORRAL | From "ring, to run", word for a pen in which to round up or wrangle cattle or horses on a farm or range, which also means a defensive ring of wagons (6) |
| CELESTA | Keyboard instrument used in John Williams' Hedwig's Theme and in The Nutcracker to depict the Sugar Plum Fairy (7) |
| SALIERI | Pushkin’s play Mozart and ____ was the first work of fiction to depict a rivalry with little factual foundation |
| OPHELIA | Work hard with adapter of Shakespeare to depict tragic heroine |
| FELT | Non-woven compressed baize-like fabric used for hats and crafts; or, a short word for a pen used for colouring (4) |
