| IDENTIFIABLE | I transformed inedible fat, as can be recognised |
| MAINSTREAM | A current in the ocean, at the start, can be recognised (10) |
| IDENTITYPARADE | Line-up of people to see if a suspect can be recognised (8,6) |
| AIRSTREAM | Rare mats I transformed to be current |
| ORGANISER | Rare song I transformed as arranger (9) |
| READING | Garden I transformed in English town (7) |
| RADIATOR | Road art I transformed now will give off warmth (8) |
| INDIANA | Ian and I transformed US state (7) |
| GOBI | Bog I transformed into a desert! (4) |
| STANDUP | Rise to be recognised as legitimate in court, for example (5,2) |
| GRAS | Fat, as in Fat Tuesday (4) |
| KURDISTAN | Mideast region that has struggled since 1923 to be recognised as an independent nation |
| RUTH | ___ Benedict, a 20th-century American anthropologist, the first woman to be recognised as a prominent leader in that profession (4) |
| EDISON | No! Ed is going all out to be recognised as an inventor (6) |
| HANDWRITING | Manuscript, as opposed to printing or typing; thus, one's individual style of said penmanship; or, the manner by which one may be recognised (11) |
| GLOBAL | Shy girl's about to be recognised round the world (6) |
| RINGABELL | Almost enable girl dancing to be recognised |
| KNEW | Kafka's first novel may be recognised |
| ADVANCE | Loan necessary to be recognised? |
| TRADENAME | By which a company may be recognised |