| INKPOT | May contain blue fluid, but it has changed to pink (3,3) |
| OCELOT | Fur into which Cleo has changed to go out (6) |
| CYAN | Icy antics contain blue ink (4) |
| NICHOLAS | Colin has changed to become Saint of the Day (8) |
| BLOWPIPE | Black cask contains blue weapon |
| FINITE | How fine it is but it has an end to it, you know! (6) |
| OBTUSE | Thick fluid but so clear, essentially (6) |
| SEESAW | It's fun for the children but it has its ups and downs (6) |
| RECOUP | Recover extremely rare vessel but it has nothing in it |
| APATHY | "Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the ___ of human beings": Helen Keller |
| CORNET | No cert, perhaps, but it has noteworthy potential |
| NITWIT | Silly, but it has a twin, possibly (6) |
| TRIVIA | I join 6 Romans in the art display but it has unimportant details, I fear |
| NATURIST | He's uncovered Saturn - it has changed (8) |
| SAITH | It has changed states in an old-fashioned way |
| ALTER | It's hard to lose a rope used to lead an animal, but it has to change (5) |
| RARER | Compared to pink, blue is thinner (5) |
| NORMANBLOOD | Opera gaining assent in which some blogs produce blue fluid (6,5) |
| BUTHELEZI | The blue fluid at the heart of lazier Zulu leader (9) |
| DOUBT | Suspicion will do, but it has to be changed (5) |
