| AMPLE | Word that could describe a Rubens' nude |
| THIRDDEGREE | Tough examination that could describe a PHD? |
| MOP | Cleaning tool that could describe a messy head of hair |
| THEBACKOFBEYOND | A remote place that could describe North Dakota, briefly |
| CREAKY | Could describe a loose floorboard or arthritic limb (6) |
| INSATIABLE | Silly banalities that could describe monstrous appetite (10) |
| ANALOGUE | It could describe a computer or something similar (8) |
| INFRONT | How one could describe a car driver ahead? (2,5) |
| ONHAND | How one could describe a glove available? (2,4) |
| CHARIOT | Carriage that could describe Boston uprising? (7) |
| TICKETED | Adjective that could describe passengers or event (8) |
| MONSTER | No terms could describe a horrific prodigy (7) |
| PARTOFSPEECH | An adjective maybe that could describe 'Ladies and gentlemen...' (4,2,6) |
| NEER | __"__-do-well, how one could describe a soap villain such as Trevor Royle in Hollyoaks (2,2) |
| LUNAR | Louvre's first Stubbs? Right, that could describe landscape with more than one mare |
| TWANGY | This could describe a guitar course -- no good packing in after short time (6) |
| KING | Type of leader, and a word that could precede the last word in each starred answer |
| LINE | Long, narrow mark, and a word that could follow the first word of the themed answers |
| STAR | Word that could precede the last word in 21, 26, 43 |
| PIECE | Word that could follow the first word of the theme entries |