| FUDGE | Word for nonsense; a piece of stop-press news or the box left blankin a newspaper for thus; or, a soft confection flavoured with chocolate, clotted cream, rum or vanilla (5) |
| TWOSTAR | Like a midlevel general or a so-so movie |
| TUTU | South African archbishop - or a so-so degree? (4) |
| ORGANPIPE | Part of 'stop press' initially seen in newspaper that needs digesting (5-4) |
| ITEM | Twosome in the news, or the news itself |
| LATEST | Stop press news: half-century at a cricket match (6) |
| FAD | From a term for trivial matters or nonsense, a word for a fashion, a fleeting craze, a furore or a whim (3) |
| SWAG | Ornamental festoon or garland of drapery, flowers, foliage, fruit, linen etc; a carved or painted representation of thus; or, the boodle or booty of a burglar (4) |
| WRAPPER | Cellophane cover of a sweet; a dust jacket; or, a paper band placed around a newspaper for posting (7) |
| FLAM | Drum rudiment consisting of two almost simultaneous strokes; or, dialect for drivel, a falsehood, an idle fancy, nonsense, a trick or a whim (4) |
| TEXTILES | Fabrics created by means of braiding, felting, knitting, lacemaking, plaiting, tufting or weaving; or, the fibres or yarns used for thus (8) |
| SPRAYS | Small bouquets, boutonnieres, corsages or nosegays of flowers and foliage; ornamental brooches resembling thus; or, clouds of flying droplets of scent or water (6) |
| CHEST | A strongbox or trunk; or, the box-like thorax of one's bodily trunk (5) |
| BABYTOY | A set of blocks . . . or the box they came in, perhaps |
| RIDE | Journey on horseback; or, the bridleway or path through woodlands designated for thus (4) |
| SHROVE | Word in the calendar box left of Ash Wednesday |
| HEALTH | State of physical/mental wellbeing; or, a toast to thus or to prosperity (6) |
| PAGE | The front of a newspaper for example |
| SEEPAGE | Refer to part of a newspaper for the leak (7) |
| RATTLES | Chatterers; crackling noises of paper; dice-boxes; maracas, shakers or toys resembling thus; or, watchmens' instruments formerly used to produce whirring sounds (7) |
