| SMOKEANDMIRRORS | Sergeant-major good to finish around a reflection on second deception (5,3,7) |
| STRICKEN | Troubled directions after second deception (8) |
| FASTENED | Lent, say, to finish around the start of Easter? Bound to (8) |
| STOOP | Bend the body somehow to finish around the ring |
| EXECUTIVE | Director to finish around four (9) |
| THINGSFALLAPART | Unfinished plane flight to a star causes reflection on transience (6,4,5) |
| ANNUSHORRIBILIS | Queen's sad reflection on insular British, out of time, out of place |
| RADAR | It may give a reflection on a highway |
| LUSTRE | A reflection on Queen Elizabeth? |
| SHEEN | It might be a reflection on you |
| WIGWAM | Shelter for brave women protected by Wise Guys at work - that's a reflection on them all (6) |
| SHIMMERY | Like a reflection on water |
| ALEXMILLER | Whose nonfiction work, Max (2020), is in part a reflection on humanity struggling with the complexities of 20th-century Europe? (4,6) |
| BRIANCASTRO | Which Adelaide-based award-winning novelist wrote Chinese Postman (2024), in part a reflection on memory and ageing from his home in the Adelaide Hills? (5,6) |
| ENGLAND | Finish around no-good French article in the country |
| ULNADAYSWORK | Reflection on the job, to a bone specialist? |
| ABLEWASIEREISAWELBA | Emperor's possible reflection on change? No change, on reflection |
| LEECH | Scrounger, on reflection, on the back foot getting to grips with cold (5) |
| LOCHNESS | See what mate could finish around new tourist site (4,4) |
| HARVESTER | Combine, say, run back with an early finish - around five |
