| GLOSS | Lustre; paint or cosmetic with a shiny finish; or, short word for a mini dictionary or lexicon of terms peculiar to field of knowledge (5) |
| MAKESUP | Applies cosmetics with a handshake? (5,2) |
| VOCABULARY | The words of a language, sphere or subject; a dictionary, glossary or lexicon; or, a range of stylistic forms or techniques used in an art/craft (10) |
| THESAURUS | From "storehouse, treasure", a dictionary, encyclopaedia or lexicon; a treasury; or, a book of systematically arranged lists of words and their synonyms/antonyms (9) |
| MASCARA | Cosmetic with which mother covers a defect (7) |
| GLOSSARY | Fool returned, being covered by celebrity in mini-dictionary (8) |
| COMB | Crest of a cockerel; top of a wave; or, short word for a structure made by bees for storing honey (4) |
| SNAPPERS | Informal word for photographers; reddish fishes in the Lutjanidae family; or short word for a species of turtles with powerful jaws (8) |
| SPEC | Informal or short word either for a technical standard or a description of an invention for which a patent is sought (4) |
| TONIC | First note of a musical scale; or, short word for a mixer for gin (5) |
| FLOOD | Alluvion; a great outflow of tears, visitors, words etc; or, short word for a theatre/stage light (5) |
| PUD | Informal or short word for a sweet course or dish, such as apple pie, Eton mess or roly-poly (3) |
| ENAMEL | Paint with a shiny finish |
| PACK | A group or bobbery of hounds; a bundle borne by a sumpter; a bale of wool; forwards in a rugby team; or, cosmetic mud applied to the face (4) |
| PAGE | Varlet or apprentice knight ranking next below a squire; or, one or both sides of a leaf of paper in a book, diary, dictionary or newspaper (4) |
| BARROW | Earthen tumulus such as Belas Knap; or, short word for a handcart for gardening, stable work, building etc (6) |
| GLOSSY | Photo with a shiny finish |
| SATIN | Fabric with a shiny finish (5) |
| CATHOLICON | From "universal", a word for a cure-all, elixir or panacea; or, a comprehensive work, such as an encyclopaedic dictionary or the early Summa Grammaticalis (10) |
| DEFINITION | Any one of the concise explanations of the meanings of words in a dictionary; or, visual clarity or sharpness of outline (10) |
