| POINTEDOUT | Revealed the essence of the argument by journalist is public knowledge (7,3) |
| OPENSECRET | This is public knowledge, so pretence is shattered (4,6) |
| APPERTAINS | "Charm ____ to the essence of the person or thing endowed with it. It cannot be acquired" (Alfred Austin) (10) |
| PROSTHESIS | False part of argument by those in favour (10) |
| FREEWILBUR | Essence of the messages Charlotte wrote in her web? |
| INCITEMENT | Though fashionable to quote them, half of the argument is just an attempt to stir things up |
| ANTITHESIS | Like very critical PhD examiner's bit of the argument? |
| SPINOZA | "Perfect truth is possible only with knowledge, and in knowledge the whole essence of the thing operates on the soul and is joined essentially to it." He wrote the treatise Ethics. Who is this? |
| TREETOPS | Word, capturing the essence of the upper reaches of forests, for the canopy-forming crowns of aspens, birches, chestnuts, Douglas firs, elms and all other arboreal woody plants (8) |
| GIST | The essence of the matter is ___ good leader is tip-top (4) |
| EGOITY | Word for the essence of the self or the state of being an "I" (6) |
| ELENCHUS | In logic, the refutation of an argument by proving the opposite of its conclusion (8) |
| HAIKU | It traditionally captures the essence of the moment |
| KERYGMA | Praise loudly with emphasis on the essence of the gospel |
| ETERNITY | Timelessness that's the essence of the Calvin Klein fragrance |
| CATCHY | It's the essence of the jingle that's key on yacht at sea (6) |
| EPITOME | Large book, getting the essence of the work (7) |
| BEDROCK | The essence of The Flintstones? (7) |
| HEDGEROW | Avoid commitment with argument by the side of the road (8) |
| STRAWMANFALLACY | Error of refuting an argument by misstating the argument being refuted |
