| SOUND | Radio as opposed to television; volume or quality of noise; or, the distinct style of a particular composer, orchestra etc (5) |
| IDIOM | Style of a particular artist (5) |
| RADIO | Medium of wireless communication transmitted in the business of sound broadcasting, as opposed to television (5) |
| PLUR | 'Televisions' as opposed to 'Television', for short |
| TOOLOW | Inaudible, as TV volume |
| MUTE | TV volume option |
| CANTTURNTHATDOWN | TV, volume knob broken, only $10! |
| CORVID | A crow or one of the distinct but closely related members of its family, such as a chough, jackdaw, jay, magpie, raven or rook (6) |
| ETHNIC | Of the distinct ways of living of a particular group of people (6) |
| SQUALOR | The condition or quality of being disgustingly dirty or repulsive, especially as a result of neglect or poverty (7) |
| REAPPRAISAL | The assessment or estimation again of the worth, value or quality of a person or thing (11) |
| ATLAS | Word for a book of maps that takes its name from the Greek Titan depicted on title pages of early such volumes; or, a figure of a man serving as an architectural column (5) |
| PEACEFULNESS | The calm state or quality of comity, harmony, heart's-ease or tranquillity most sublime, perhaps represented by a dove or olive branch or lowing of cattle at Christmas-time (12) |
| APPRAISAL | An assessment or estimation of the worth, value or quality of a person or thing (9) |
| SPINDOCTOR | To play records requires patience on the radio, as does a job in the media looking after Image (4,6) |
| DIGNITY | Word for the state or quality of being worthy of honour; high rank; decorum or propriety; or, self-respect (7) |
| GRILSE | Intensely questions someone on the radio, as one will be capable of going against the flow (6) |
| ICHTHYOLOGY | I check religious study on radio as well as the study of fish (11) |
| SLUICE | A sliding gate or other contrivance for controlling the volume or flow of water |
| CRESCENDO | Gradual increase in volume ... or a hint to the diagonal part of each starred clue's answer |
