| FLAG | Draw attention to a potential problem (4) |
| IFEAR | Lead-in to a potential problem |
| AHEM | Said to draw attention to a skirt's whit (4) |
| SNAP | A winning cry drawing attention to a pair of matching playing cards or to two similar things generally; a quick bite to eat; or, a ginger biscuit (4) |
| BENE | Pay special attention to a bee tone, perhaps (4, 4) |
| INDEX | In printing, a figure of a pointing hand used to draw attention to a note, paragraph etc. (5) |
| NOTE | Pay attention to a short message (4) |
| TURN | Direct one's attention to a revolution (4) |
| HEED | Pay attention to a warning (4) |
| OPEN | Paying attention to a reopened ruin - w 10ac (4-5) |
| EARL | One nobly giving attention to a novice? (4) |
| SPOT | ____ lighting, that for drawing attention to a product or display (4) |
| EGOTRIP | Something undertaken to boost or draw attention to a person's own image or appraisal of themselves (3,4) |
| HAT | Any chapeau typically with a shaped crown, originally designed to draw attention to a man's head and emphasise his social status; or, by extension, one's capacity or role (3) |
| MANICULE | A pointed hand symbol to draw attention to a section of text (8) |
| ATTED | Addressed in order to draw attention to a post, in a way |
| LOATHE | Draw attention to a couple of articles to detest (6) |
| CONS | Potential problems |
| HEAR | Give attention to a top heavy auditory organ |
| OSTRICH | In many years of ornithological research, this African flightless bird has never been observed to bury its head in the sand in an attempt to avoid facing a potential problem |
