| DENATURE | Change the essence of |
| TREETOPS | Word, capturing the essence of the upper reaches of forests, for the canopy-forming crowns of aspens, birches, chestnuts, Douglas firs, elms and all other arboreal woody plants (8) |
| CAMP | "Indeed the essence of ___ is its love of the unnatural: of artifice and exaggeration": Susan Sontag |
| HAIKU | It traditionally captures the essence of the moment |
| BEDROCK | The essence of The Flintstones? (7) |
| GIST | Just misreported perhaps the essence of the story? |
| NATURE | The essence of discovering outskirts of national treasure (6) |
| MINSTER | The essence of theism in stern place of worship (7) |
| AUBADE | ... the essence of Spandau Ballet and Sade's 'Here Comes the Sun'? ... (6) |
| KERYGMA | Praise loudly with emphasis on the essence of the gospel |
| POMPOM | Showy display, the essence of some handful of cheerleaders? (6) |
| POETIC | The essence of Easter 1916, for one, provides a type of justice (6) |
| ETERNITY | Timelessness that's the essence of the Calvin Klein fragrance |
| POINTEDOUT | Revealed the essence of the argument by journalist is public knowledge (7,3) |
| CATCHY | It's the essence of the jingle that's key on yacht at sea (6) |
| HANDSEL | Gift of composer capturing the essence of music (7) |
| EPITOME | Large book, getting the essence of the work (7) |
| CULPRITS | Offenders of religious belief systems crossing the essence of propriety (8) |
| ATTAR | Thanks to the sailor we get to the essence of things (5) |
| BOUDERIE | French word that captures the essence of a moody pouty sulky displeasure, often with a hint of playfulness or petulance (8) |
