| AURORAE | Light displays Jaguar door, faded, regularly scratched |
| AJAR | Gus leaves the Jaguar's door slightly open (4) |
| AURORA | General name for light displays caused by polar winds (6) |
| TEASET | Toecap regularly scratched some games in tennis service (3,3) |
| VILENESS | Awful quality of discs, regularly scratched (8) |
| DIRENESS | Awful quality of discs, regularly scratched (8) |
| SADHU | Blue shrub regularly scratched ascetic (5) |
| STUBBLE | Sybil regularly scratched by earl's bristles (7) |
| OHO | I'm surprised Rothko gets regularly scratched |
| EYEPIECES | Very deep lines regularly scratched around edges of enormous lenses |
| OHIO | Posh limos regularly scratched here in the US (4) |
| TIGER | Cat regularly scratched at King Henry |
| STREAMLET | Colourful strips of paper used as party decorations; long, flowing pennons or festival flags; or, light displays of the aurora borealis (9) |
| HUMPHREYBOGART | Actor that's annoying and creepy regularly scratched graffiti in the toilet (8,6) |
| LED | Type of light display e. g. on bite alarm (3) |
| AWE | Feeling during an elaborate Christmas light display, maybe |
| STREAMER | Knight's pennon attached to a lance; Tudor pennant; light display of the aurora borealis; or, a strip of coloured paper as confetti (8) |
| NEON | and 17 across: Served up a fair amount of grub covered in herb that's top notch for a light display (4,3) |
| DUSK | Found us in Denmark as the light faded (4) |
| HASBEEN | One-time leading light who's faded (3-4) |
