| ETCH | Make an artistic impression (4) |
| EMBOSS | Make an artistic impression |
| ETCHED | Made an artistic impression |
| GRAPHICDESIGNER | It's very explicit and upset writer and singer working with one making an artistic impression (7,8) |
| TATS | Artistic impressions, briefly? |
| OPUS | An artistic work, especially a musical composition (4) |
| WORK | General word for an artistic, musical or literary creation (4) |
| KITS | Sets that instruct you on an artistic activity |
| RUBBING | Artistic impression -source of friction? (7) |
| ETCHING | Bats in the MCG, lacking marks for artistic impression |
| SNOWANGEL | Artistic impression in winter? |
| MEZZOTINTO | Note unknown quantities in test, keen on making artistic impression |
| SKETCHPADS | Where one is likely to find artistic impressions mostly drawn from launch sites (6,4) |
| ETCHINGS | Artistic impressions get chins wrong (8) |
| ADAMBEDE | A badly made bed as an artistic work (4,4) |
| NIMBUS | A dark grey rain-cloud; an artistic representation of an aureole, gloriole, halo or luminous mist encircling an angel, deity or saint; or, any surrounding colour or light (6) |
| OBJET | An - d'art is an artistic piece |
| MIME | What? Not a word from the critics for such an artistic performance? (4) |
| CAMDENTOWNGROUP | Bud's back to study community band, once an artistic presence in north london (6,4,5) |
| DABBLE | Work in an artistic field in an amateurish fashion (6) |
