| CANARD | Joker, perhaps, accepted article was a hoax (6) |
| JERSEY | Pullover or sweater that derives its name from the largest of the Channel Islands, where the knitting of worsted articles was a staple industry (6) |
| HOAXER | Laugh when a king is turned up - or the joker, perhaps (6) |
| BEANIE | Benjamin accepted article that is for hat (6) |
| HUNGRY | Vandal Gary, losing article, was famished (6) |
| COWARD | Joker, perhaps, holds old whiskey and chicken |
| REFUTE | Deny that corrected feature article was cut |
| SWATHE | Article was about first broad area |
| HUMBUG | A hoax, sham or trick; an imposter; a lump of toffee; a black-and-white peppermint drop to which a stripy wild boarlet is likened; or, nonsense, such as Christmas, according to Dickens's curmudgeon ca |
| ASHRAM | A place of retreat could be a hoax, getting right inside (6) |
| THORAX | It's a hoax, right, that sticks in your throat (6) |
| METRIC | System for measuring me is no end of a hoax (6) |
| AROUSE | Spark a hoax about nothing (6) |
| DEBUNK | Show to be a hoax (6) |
| CARD | A eccentric - a joker, perhaps (4) |
| ARCHANGEL | Gabriel perhaps accepted a coin in both hands (9) |
| CANONICAL | Accepted article for wearing like a dunce's hat? |
| CREDITCARD | Believe joker perhaps means to pay (6,4) |
| MAHATMA | An adept bowler, perhaps, accepted by degrees (7) |
| BEETHOVEN | Composer Britten perhaps accepted time in Eastern seaside town |
