| DETAILS | Minor or distinctive elements in paintings, considered separately for close study; military task forces; a person's particulars; or, trivialities (7) |
| DETAIL | From "to cut", an individual fact or item; an unimportant part; an element in a painting, considered in isolation; or, a squad assigned with a special duty or mission (6) |
| TESTUDO | Assess university, then study military defence |
| MOTIFS | Recurrent or dominant themes or elements in paintings, textile prints, musical works or artists' A...a urges (6) |
| AURA | From Greek via Latin for "breeze, breath", word for a soft wind or zephyr originally, later for an air or distinctive atmosphere; or, an emanation (4) |
| STRAGGLER | Bowl over, bringing sides in separately for tail-ender (9) |
| HOMEBREWS | Mexican chaps invite bridge partners in (separately) for beers (4-5) |
| EPOCH | The point in time beginning a new or distinctive period; period; era (5) |
| APPLETART | Penny's allowed in separately for dessert (5,4) |
| PENICILLIN | Enter tentatively; one left, entering separately for medical course? (10) |
| BABYBLUE | Foolish talk about Yankee uniform taken separately for eye-shade? (4,4) |
| EUCALYPTUSTREE | You cut it up separately for bear food? (10,4) |
| ITEMS | Isolated elements considered separately from the whole (5) |
| SEVERALLY | Verse as composed by a friend may be considered separately (9) |
| COLOURFUL | Vivid or distinctive in character (9) |
| EPISODE | Each part in soap or distinctive event primarily (7) |
| FEATURES | A newspaper's regular articles or prominent stories; parts of the face; or, distinctive aspects of books, buildings, landscapes etc (8) |
| BRUSHSTROKE | Distinctive element of many Van Gogh paintings |
| FANCYDRESS | Like the idea of force devoid of uniform or distinctive costume (5,5) |
| TOKEN | A thing serving as a symbol, reminder or distinctive mark of something |
