| LIGHTING | Don t start destroying the illumination (8) |
| TRESS | Don,t start to highlight hair |
| DETERS | Restrains from action to start destroying untidy trees (6) |
| SKYLIGHT | A window or lantern set in a roof or ceiling; or, the illumination through the bottom of an empty glass (8) |
| HYDEPARK | Royal green space and public haven in Westminster, where the illumination of Route du Roi, to deter highway robbers, made said Rotten Row London's first lamp-lit road (4,4) |
| SHIMMY | Dance quietly, Jimmy — and don’t start with Jack |
| DUCKS | Love note is rubbish? Don’t start that! |
| SLIGHTLY | Not very artful about the illumination (8) |
| QUARTERLIGHT | Only a fourth the illumination from the ventilation window (7,5) |
| ISSUE | Confront the children - don t avoid the point in dispute (4,3,5) |
| DETEST | Don"t like taking notes before the exam (6) |
| OATH | Don 't Break The ----, said Mercyful Fate (4) |
| BURNINGISSUE | Destroying the edition with the topic everyone's talking about? |
| ILL | Young William doesn ' t start to be unwell (3) |
| ATARI | Middle Easterner doesn't start video game system (5) |
| ICICLE | Two-wheeler that doesn't start soundly |
| ARTIEST | Most bohemian gatherings won’t start on time |
| DELIGHTED | Very pleased with the illumination indeed (9) |
| KEVIN | "The Illumination" novelist Brockmeier |
| LIGHTS | The illumination comes down (6) |