| ATOLLS | The censor of Rome removes introduction and two lines from last speeches produced by Diego Garcia and others (6) |
| ALLTHERAGE | Removes introduction from New Yorker's autumn article on fashion in Vogue (3,3,4) |
| STANZA | Lines from last character to be found in Santa's letters (6) |
| REPEAT | What two dots and two lines mean, in music |
| RADII | Person who paints diameter and two lines in circle (5) |
| ATOLL | Coral island and surrounding reef such as Diego Garcia (used by the US as a air base in the Indian Ocean) and Mururoa (used by the French to test nuclear weapons in the Pacific) |
| CATO | 'The Censor' of Rome |
| BAULK | In croquet, either of the two lines from which the ball is struck into play (5) |
| ROKEBY | The - Venus, painting by Diego Velazquez damaged by the suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914 (6) |
| MARKTHEOCCASION | Kay Sully provides the introduction and most of them do raise a glass (4,3,8) |
| LASMENINAS | 1656 painting of Infanta Margaret Teresa and her entourage by Diego Velazquez (3,7) |
| ROKEBYVENUS | The ?, 17th-century painting by Diego Velazquez damaged by suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914 |
| VENUS | The -, 17th-century painting by Diego Velazquez damaged by suffragette Mary Richardson in 1914 (6,5) |
| SUPEREGOS | Censors of the censor, per Herbert Marcuse |
| EXTENDS | Lengthens piece of writing after the introduction, and then finishes it |
| MISHAP | Graduate admits his novel has poor introduction and that's an unlucky disaster (6) |
| DISTICH | Two lines from a parodist I cherish (7) |
| BAND | The Mob prohibited by the censor on the radio (4) |
| ENDORSED | Origin of witch employed without introduction and approved (8) |
| DECOMPOSE | Write music of French introduction and break down (9) |
