| VANILLA | Plain or having no interesting feature (7) |
| INFINITE | Endless or having no limit (8) |
| LACKLUSTRE | Having no interesting qualities (10) |
| NONDESCRIPT | With no interesting characteristics |
| NATURE | ____ trail, a countryside path usually with signposts indicating interesting features (6) |
| LOOKAROUND | Search for interesting features |
| NEUTRAL | Word meaning impartial or unbiased; neither acidic nor alkaline; or, having an achromatic or indefinite colour, such as beige, cream or pale grey (7) |
| EXPLAIN | Make plain or clear (7) |
| LLANERO | (S America) Inhabitant of a grassy plain or steppe (7) |
| BIAURAL | Relating to or having or hearing with two ears (7) |
| LIGHTER | One getting off, or having got off, weight (7) |
| TACTILE | Affecting, or having a sense of touch (7) |
| ISOLATE | Quarantine a person or animal suspected or having a contagious disease (8) |
| ROSTRUM | Stand to project a speech or having done a turn, play guitar? (7) |
| PARONYM | Word derived from, or having the same root as, another, e. g. just/ justice, wise/ wisdom etc. (7) |
| VACUOUS | Showing or having a lack of intelligence |
| NICHE | With a fluted, plain or scalloped half-dome heading or concha, an exedra or recess in a wall to hold a statue or other ornament (5) |
| CRACKERS | Word for a hard type of plain or savoury biscuit; or, something equally as crisp, crunchy, shattery or snappable, such as peanut brittle, a hard nutty filling for confectionery or a scratching of friz |
| SEA | Lunar basalt plain or mare; an expanse of saltwater with a partially bordering a land mass; or, (with "the"), a sailor's life or career (3) |
| SCONES | Thought to derive from early Dutch for "fine bread", baked rounds or quadrants of plain or fruited dough, subject to a long-running debate as to whether said cakes are spread with jam first, or cream |
