| MODALLY | Relating to or expressing the mood of a verb (7) |
| CHANGEAFLATTYRA | Lift the mood of a TV host? |
| INDICATIVE | Mood of a verb (10) |
| AVERAGE | A number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data (7) |
| SWEETEN | Soften the mood of (7) |
| DECIBEL | Unit of measurement expressing the intensity of a sound (7) |
| RICHTER | A scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake (7) |
| INTENSE | Concentrated on how the use of a verb may vary (7) |
| NEAREST | 'After silence, that which comes ___ to expressing the inexpressible is music'. Aldous Huxley (7) |
| LYRICAL | Enthusiastic - expressing the writer's feelings (7) |
| MEANEST | Art expressing the ultimate in shabbiness? (7) |
| NEPER | Non-SI unit expressing the ratio of two currents or voltages, equal to the natural logarithm of the ratio of the two quantities (5) |
| MIGNONETTE | Expressing the diminutive of French for "darling", "dainty" or "small and sweet", a plant in the genus Reseda with spires of fragrant chartreuse or white flowers; fine pillow lace; or, a sauce for fre |
| ZEITGEIST | From German, what is the spirit or mood of a particular period of history? (9) |
| AGENT | Category of noun indicating the person or thing performing the action of a verb, typically ending in -er or -or (5) |
| SCRY | From an aphetic for "catch sight of", a verb meaning "divine by means of crystal-gazing"; or, a collective noun for a bunch, knob, lute, plump, skein, sord, sute or trip of wildfowls (4) |
| AMBIENCE | From "going round", word for the surrounding atmosphere, environment, influence or mood of a place (8) |
| PIOUS | Having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity (5) |
| REMORSEFUL | Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses. Synonyms: contrite, rueful |
| TEMPER | The mood of "The Last Emperor" (6) |
