| UNACORDA | Confused candour with a sign to soft-pedal |
| TONEDOWN | To soft-pedal |
| INNS | Pubs or taverns, each with a sign often bearing a picture of a heraldic beast such as a dragon, eagle, griffin, hart, lion, unicorn or wyvern (4) |
| PHENOMENA | A biddy with a sign brought in to pop things (9) |
| TOILE | - de Jouy; fabric printed with a traditional French pastoral scene in colours from dark red to soft pink, blues, black to lilac, violet or brown (5) |
| UNA | -- corda, indication to pianists to use soft pedal (3) |
| VELVET | It's a sign to the Spanish to look over soft material (6) |
| ISIS | One gets a sign to repeat it as a wading-bird (4) |
| AGONIST | A sign to upset a competitor |
| PLUS | What's more, it's a sign to a mathematician (4) |
| GESTICULATE | Make a sign to talk with one's hands |
| ACROSSTHEBOARD | A sign to the directors, applying to all (6-3-5) |
| ORIGINS | Starts to make out a sign to Rio (7) |
| RESCUER | One who delivers with hesitation returns to run behind son with a sign (7) |
| RASPBERRY | File to cover up orally with a sign of disapproval |
| NOTANDUM | What's to be observed, never with a sign of doubt |
| ESSAYING | Trying to convey excited 'yes' with a sign (8) |
| VOTE | Make a choice probably with a sign unknown |
| VIRGO | Seen to leave upset sovereign with a sign of the zodiac (5) |
| IGNITE | You can light it with a sign, I tend to think (6) |
