| ASTBURY | Staffordshire potter said to have masqueraded as a fool in order to learn the craft or secrets of redware from the Dutch Elers brothers, thus setting-up a rival factory in Shelton (7) |
| TELLTALE | A sneak, snitch or squealer who reveals the misdeeds or secrets of others; an indicator, monitor or recording clock; a regional name for an avian tattler/yellowlegs; or, a dogvane, showing the directi |
| WEDGWOOD | Staffordshire potter known for his blue and white ware |
| REPORTER | Superman masqueraded as a ___ on the Daily Planet. |
| MADISON | Ground (nr Saigon) masqueraded as a major venue (7,6,6) |
| CUE | Potter, said to be in line (3) |
| APPRENTICED | Novices who work for a skilled or qualified person in order to learn a trade or profession (11) |
| APPRENTICES | They work for experts in order to learn a trade |
| EXPLORED | One who travels into unknown regions in order to learn about it (8) |
| MYSTERY | From the Greek for "close the eyes", an ancient secret ceremony witnessed only by the initiated; an old word for a craft or a trade guild; an enigmatic person or thing; or, a novel, play etc based on |
| TURNERY | Art, craft or skill of hand-making items from wood with a lathe or the workshop where the artisan practises (7) |
| COOPERAGE | A somewhat-forgotten art, craft or pastime of making the barrels for beer or the casks for fine wine (9) |
| BEAN | One of a number of legumes idiomatically spilled when divulging confidential information or secrets (4) |
| AUPAIRJOB | Position involving household help while boarding in a country to learn the language (2,4,3) |
| GRACEPALEY | Author and activist who wrote, "It is the poet's responsibility to learn the truth from the powerless" |
| CRAM | Study frantically (like trying to learn the digits of pi on the night before Pi Day) |
| JACKASS | A knave as well as a fool? (7) |
| DAYSCHOOLS | Places to learn the periods of a week? (3,7) |
| INSIDER | One in an organisation who is privy to its workings or secrets (7) |
| IDIOT | State one returns to as a fool (5) |
