| ROSETINTED | Tones it developed in bloody optimistic outlook (4-6) |
| YEYE | Relating to rock 'n' roll as it developed in France |
| SANGUINE | Bloody optimistic (8) |
| STARTEDOUT | Having embarked on it, developed the trade in beer (7,3) |
| GAMETHEORY | Article supporting a crossword setter in bloody competitive strategy (4,6) |
| STENTORIAN | Loud, resonant, it developed (10) |
| ARMAGEDDON | Ulster town losing hard men in bloody battle |
| FROM | Drum kit falls down when bashed in bloody film (4,4,4,4) |
| EVERYCLOUDHAS | Originally clues in verse had mistakenly to include verse showing optimistic outlook (5,5,3,1,6,6) |
| ASILVERLINING | Originally clues in verse had mistakenly to include verse showing optimistic outlook (5,5,3,1,6,6) |
| SUNNYSIDE | Optimistic outlook town in Newfoundland? |
| ROSY | Like an optimistic outlook (4) |
| INGOODHEART | Head rooting for change, having an optimistic outlook? (2,4,5) |
| THATSMORELIKEIT | The smoke trail, it developed something similar to what is required (5,4,4,2) |
| UPTAKE | Level of acceptance of an optimistic outlook |
| LOOKINGUP | Researching optimistic outlook (7,2) |
| BLEAK | With a less-than-optimistic outlook |
| SYDNEY | Under the enlightened governorship of Lachlan Maquarie (early 19th century), it developed from a penal colony to a thriving town (6) |
| LENTIGO | Freckles on leg, it developed (7) |
| OTALGIA | A goal ? it developed into a pain (7) |
