| MARGARET | Spread element of culture, say, enthralling English girl |
| ERELONG | Poet's soon, say, enthralling loner in distress (7) |
| HOTLY | Angrily religious about core element of culture |
| MEME | The writer twice revealing an element of culture (4) |
| ETHOS | Characteristic spirit, of a culture say (5) |
| INDC | Visiting the Natl. Museum of African American History and Culture, say |
| SNOB | One who eschews all pop culture, say |
| TEETOTAL | Dry duck enthralling English kid |
| VERONA | Italian city museum enthralling English chap |
| FIEND | Discovery enthralling English enthusiast (5) |
| SERGEANT | Doctor Strange enthralling English officer (8) |
| TEENS | X's enthralling English adolescents (5) |
| PETRI | Maker of dish for the advancement of culture? (5) |
| ERUDITELY | English abruptly claiming it, showing a degree of culture |
| LIMERICK | 2014 City of Culture in the Republic of Ireland (8) |
| MOSAICS | Wall decorations, say, excellent hint of culture, though covered in plant growth (7) |
| PHILISTINISM | Greek character on record popular with heads of industry - silly men with a lack of culture (12) |
| NOVISAD | One of the three European Capitals of Culture for 2021, in NE Serbia on the Danube river (4,3) |
| LIVERPOOL | City of north-west England named European Capital of Culture in 2008 (9) |
| OULU | City of northern Finland chosen as the European Capital of Culture for 2026 in June 2021 (4) |
