| ECLAT | From the French meaning "burst" or "shine", a word for peacockery or splendour; brilliant or striking effect; social distinction; or, applause (5) |
| GRANDEUR | Magnificence or splendour (8) |
| DASH | A bribe; a hyphen; a sprint; a whack; a touch of soda or other admixture; or, general panache and peacockery (4) |
| BLUSH | From "burn, light a fire, shine", a reddening of the face in response to discomfiture; a rosy glow; pale rose wine; a pinkish tinge; or, a group of boys, peaches or redbreasts (5) |
| BRIGHT | Word describing something brilliant or shining, such as the real or figurative lights of big-city life (6) |
| SPLENDOUR | The state or quality of being brilliant or fine in appearance (9) |
| WEATHER | Take a hat - we're prepared for the rain or shine perhaps (7) |
| SCINTILLATE | Be brilliant or a little bit third-rate around the edges |
| RAIN | Come ____ or shine, phrase meaning 'whatever the weather or circumstances' (4) |
| RAG | Old shirt, torn up and recycled to shine a car or a shoe |
| LIGHT | Love Shine A _, Katrina And The Waves song which won the 1997 Eurovision Song Contest (5) |
| STAVE | Burst or force (a hole) into something (5) |
| FORTH | Word after burst or spring |
| BRAVURA | A brilliant or daring display (7) |
| RESPLENDENT | Having a brilliant or splendid appearance (11) |
| REEM | Word invented by Joey Essex which means brilliant or cool (4) |
| ELO | Band with the 1979 hit Shine a Little Love for short |
| ALLWEATHER | A resistant gun for everybody, come rain or shine (3-7) |
| ILLUMINATE | Shine a light on suffering by spicy type losing the head and put away (10) |
| KATRINA | ___ and the Waves, ex-rock band and Britain's most recent Eurovision winner with Love Shine a Light (7) |
