| SEACHANGE | A notable transformation |
| JOHNSON | Author of a notable dictionary with some 40,000 entries including "excise: a hateful tax", "lexicographer: a harmless drudge", "slubberdegullion: a paltry, dirty, sorry wretch" and "twittlewattle: a v |
| NATIONAL | A countrywide newspaper as opposed to a local one; a citizen; or, with definite article, a notable annual steeplechase at Aintree (8) |
| GRAY | Poet who formed a "quadruple alliance" at Eton College with Horace Walpole and two other fellows and later penned a notable elegy in a country churchyard (4) |
| RUNUP | A period preceding a notable event such as Christmas or New Year; or, a substantial hike in the value or level of something (3-2) |
| PERSONAGE | In many ways a super son, a gentleman, and a notable character (9) |
| SCION | A descendant of a notable family |
| SNOWDROP | With a notable display at Welford Park and first blooming on Candlemas day according to folklore, a flower symbolising hope that heralds spring (8) |
| CAMEO | Minor role in a film played by a notable actor |
| FEAT | A safe attempt at a notable deed (4) |
| INDEED | Having a dig is a notable achievement, without question |
| STEAM | Vaporous matter depicted in a notable painting by Turner to convey the impression of a train in motion (5) |
| MAKEONESMARK | May sign with a cross, but can create a notable impression (4,4,4) |
| SNUB | With a notable example involving Beau Brummell and the Prince Regent (later George IV), a deliberate rebuff or rebuke (4) |
| SAMUEL | Forename of either the inventor of the spinning mule, a notable English diarist, the leader of the Shoreham Ancients or a fictional snuff-taking rat from whom Tom Kitten escapes (6) |
| EARRING | A piece of jewellery, such as the pearl example in a notable oil painting by Johannes Vermeer (7) |
| AGNOMEN | Fourth name bestowed upon a citizen of ancient Rome, typically in honour of a notable exploit (7) |
| TUB | Setting for a notable photo of Princess Margaret in a tiara |
| COLLINS | Term for a bread-and-butter letter expressing thanks for hospitality that takes its name from Jane Austen's obsequious and pompously wordy clergyman, who sends a notable example in Pride and Prejudice |
| SCREAMER | A bawler, shrieker or wailer, such as the central figure depicted in a notable painting by Edvard Munch (8) |
