| AURA | Meaning "breeze", a word for a distinctive air; or, an emanation (4) |
| SERENE | A word used to describe clear, fine or fair weather, calm sea, pure air or an unclouded sky, thus meaning "peaceful, tranquil, untroubled" (6) |
| EMISSION | An emanation |
| ISM | A commonly used prefix for a distinctive doctrine |
| PERSONALITY | For a distinctive character, try Leo - he's around in Spain(11) |
| AGRA | A bygone city with a distinctive air (4) |
| ELAN | Distinctive air |
| AIR | Word for the invisible gaseous atmosphere surrounding our planet that is also used to describe a gentle breeze; a melodious tune or solo song; or, an assumed manner (3) |
| VOLAUVENT | From the French for "flight in the breeze", a bouchee a la reine-like puff pastry case or shell filled with chicken or mushroom veloute (3-2-4) |
| LAURA | She is a learner with a distinctive air (5) |
| GUST | An old word for the faculty of taste; flavour, gratification or relish; an abrupt gale or blast of air; or, any sudden rush/outburst, as in emotion fire, passion, rain, smoke or sound (4) |
| LILT | Cadence of a tune; a cheerful air or song; a buoyant gait; or, a gentle or melodious accent (4) |
| BITE | A short piece of information; a nip or sting; a morsel or quick snack; a feeling of cold in the air; or, the corrosive action of acid in etching (4) |
| AURAL | Distinctive air a learner perceived by hearing |
| EDDY | A movement in a stream of air or water, causing a mini whirlwind or whirlpool (4) |
| AURAS | Distinctive airs |
| FLAT | Description of a sparkling drink that has lost its fizz, a tyre without air or a battery without power (4) |
| ARIA | Name another term for an air, or melody (4) |
| DRAG | Force that resists the motion of a body through air or another fluid, e.g. an aircraft in flight (4) |
| FANS | Handheld concertinas for manually creating currents of air; or, the outspread train-feathers of peacocks and other birds (4) |
