| FORESHORTENING | Possibly why trousers were taken back to tailor (bespoke): an illusion of depth (14) |
| TWOD | Not giving an illusion of depth, briefly |
| FOODPOISONING | Dog's opinion of possibly why he's unwell (4,9) |
| WISHYOUWEREHERE | What we write from holiday, and possibly why we rouse ire, eh? (4,3,4,4) |
| SWARTHY | Possibly why tar's dark (7) |
| SHADING | Blending, hatching, scumbling or stippling to give an illusion of umbrae in art; the effect of dark/light; gradations; slight nuances; or, lowering of prices (7) |
| RUSINURBE | Latin expression meaning the creation of an illusion of the countryside in a city (3,2,4) |
| DOCETIC | Believing in an illusion of Christ, refer to fish being turned |
| SEESDOUBLE | Observes an illusion of two of everything |
| BLACKBIRD | They were taken to Australia and New Zealand in the 19th century. The female of this species makes a nest of plant stems, grass, twigs, and roots in the shape of a cup. In the New World, the name of t |
| FOOLSPARADISE | Loss of a diaper can cause an illusion of happiness (5,8) |
| OPART | Style of painting having an illusion of movement (2,3) |
| FIJIAN | As if taken back to judge one half of Ionian language from Pacific (6) |
| SLEEPIER | Fish taken back to jetty more likely to be a kipper? (8) |
| MIRAGE | An illusion of heat (6) |
| DELIRIOUS | Wild one taken back to the States via S American port (9) |
| DOGGYBAG | In which spare food is taken back to the lab? |
| BRINDISI | Endless salt water I'd taken back to South Island seaport |
| TINY | Being very small, it was taken back to New York (4) |
| OBSTACLES | Former student has pets taken back to the French blocks (9) |