| BELIE | Paint a false picture of |
| MISREPRESENTS | Young woman holds Sappers' gift, but it paints a false picture (13) |
| DISGUISE | Give a false picture to worried guides protecting One Direction (8) |
| MISREPRESENT | Give false picture of Scrooge, twisted at end here (12) |
| POTBELLIED | Principal turning up gave false picture of cases left with corporation |
| VISAGE | False picture (6) |
| MIRAGE | False picture |
| RAN | A migration of salmon or other fish upstream; a downward trickle of paint; a track made or used by a particular animal; or, a sprint, such as that when undergoing the punishment of the gauntlet (3) |
| TESTER | A tizzy or sixpence; a quizzer or examiner; a canopy over a four-poster bed; or, a miniature pot of paint, a sample or a scent, for one to try (6) |
| LICK | A light coat of paint; a short stock phrase in jazz, pop or rock music; or, a quick movement of a flame (4) |
| BLOB | A dab or spot of ink or paint; a drop or globule generally; or, a score of zero in cricket, also called a duck (4) |
| TIN | A can for food or paint; a biscuit caddy; or, a loaf cooked in an item of bakeware of the same name (3) |
| DRAW | Paint a picture of, as a character |
| ROMANTICISE | Paint a rosy picture of creationism, for a change |
| MAKEA | Paint a miniature landscape and create a bit of a stir - w 30ac (4,1,5,5) |
| SMALLSCENE | Paint a miniature landscape and create a bit of a stir - w 10ac (4,1,5,5) |
| METAPHOR | Similar to a simile, this rhetorical flourish often pairs two words to highlight their commonality and paint a picture in your mind (e.g. "Love is a battlefield") |
| THEGRANDMASTERS | If a picture paints a thousand words, these words are of those who painted a thousand pictures! (3,5,7) |
| DISTEMPER | Paint a hunk of a nudist emperor |
| PORTRAY | Paint a picture of harbour fish |
