| UNADULTERATED | Pure Urdu, a talented translation (13) |
| UNDERGRADUATE | Student angered at Urdu translation (13) |
| AARONSROD | 1922 D H Lawrence novel about a colliery union official who is a talented flautist (6,3) |
| ARACHNE | In mythology, a talented weaver who challenged Athena and was turned into a spider (7) |
| CLEVERLY | In a talented way (8) |
| PLEIAD | In flat, garland a talented septet |
| HOTSTUFF | Such a talented person making blue movie |
| GOODEAR | Trait of a talented musician |
| DARKHORSE | Surprise! It's a talented, if shady nag (4,5) |
| SNOOKERTABLE | Place where a talented person may get their big break? |
| LEAR | Author of literary nonsense and illustrated travel books who was a talented painter of parrots and Queen Victoria's drawing instructor (4) |
| INGRES | Pupil of Jacques-Louis David who painted The Valpincon Bather and was also a talented violinist (6) |
| TOMASZSCHAFERNAKER | BBC weatherman, born in Gdansk, who is a talented portrait artist |
| LAURA | Forename of a talented Welsh designer remembered for signature English florals, romantic-style dresses and for the brand she founded with husband, Bernard Ashley (5) |
| ALLROUND | Versatile or comprehensive in range, like a talented cricketer (3-5) |
| DAPHNEDUMAURIER | She wrote in Urdu and hampered a translation (6,2,7) |
| TALUK | In India and other South Asian countries, a subdivision of a district for revenue purposes; from Urdu and Persian, 'estate' (5) |
| BLIGHTY | From Urdu for "foreign, European" a word, first used by British troops in India, for England, later extending into the First Word War to mean a wound necessitating one's return home (7) |
| DUB | Give a new soundtrack in Urdu, Bengali, etc (3) |
| BURUNDI | British requiring translation of Urdu in African country |
