| SHADES | Portraits in silhouette; hues mixed with black; short word for light-bulb covers; or, literary word for ghosts (6) |
| SHADE | Cover for softening a lamp's light; old word for a portrait in silhouette; or, a colour mixed with black (5) |
| NEIGHBOURS | Boring hues mixed by those next door (10) |
| JACKET | A cook loves going out in black short coat (6) |
| TULIP | Turn it up to secure starter for light bulb (5) |
| TUNGSTEN | Metal used for light bulb filaments (8) |
| ENBLOC | Finish cut on black, short hair all at once (2,4) |
| NEIGHBOUR | Boring hue mixed by one living nearby (9) |
| LUMEN | Unit for light bulbs |
| WATT | Unit of electricity used for light bulbs |
| TOPSOIL | Bulb cover |
| STEED | From Old English for "stallion" or "stud", an archaic or literary word for a swift spirited horse or charger (5) |
| ERRANDS | Old or literary word for verbal messages, missions or quests; trips undertaken to accomplish necessary tasks; or, dialect for shopping (7) |
| ANON | Archaic or literary word meaning in one (instant), at once; soon; now and again; or, in reply to a call, coming (4) |
| FRUITAGE | Old or literary word that refers to the process or season of producing berries, drupes, pepos, pomes etc; or, said crop or harvest collectively (8) |
| MOONSHINE | Word for light reflected onto Earth from Luna, the "parish lantern"; hooch or poteen distilled or smuggled at night; appearance without substance; empty talk or nonsense; or, according to Shakespeare, |
| ESPY | Archaic or literary word meaning to see, sight or to spot from afar (4) |
| AFAR | An old or literary word meaning at, from or to a great distance (4) |
| SHEETS | Lines for adjusting the trim of sails; cotton or linen mattress covers; or, signatures in printing (6) |
| DRIZZLE | Related to "dreary", a word for light rain or thick mist; or, in cookery, a thin stream of a liquid ingredient, such as icing trickled over lemon cake (7) |
