| SMOKEANDMIRRORS | Somehow miss nod or remark providing misleading information |
| MOTIF | Remark providing an idea |
| IRISHMOSS | Somehow miss his or seaweed's product (5,4) |
| SUMMATIONS | Adding things together more than once, somehow miss amount (10) |
| NEWSGIRL | Left wingers somehow miss flogging daily? |
| DISSEMINATION | Somehow miss an edition with wide distribution (13) |
| BECK | A summoning gesture, such as a nod or a wave; Scots word for a bow or a curtsey; or, dialect for a stream (4) |
| TOPPER | A good sort; a stovepipe or silk hat; a mattress cover; or, a joke or remark that caps the one before (6) |
| BLUNDER | Foolish or clumsy mistake or remark (7) |
| SNEER | Contemptuous or mocking smile or remark (5) |
| SPECIOUS | Criminal copies us with description of misleading information (8) |
| LIFTED | Gave misleading information about paper being stolen |
| PROPAGANDA | Misleading information maybe for the old man: notice grumbler turning up |
| BUMSTEER | Misleading information behind pilot (3,5) |
| LINEAGE | Misleading information about new mature stock (7) |
| REDHERRINGS | Misleading information (3,8) |
| REDHERRING | Misleading information (3,7) |
| GAVE | - news, misleading information presented as being genuine (4) |
| GRAPEVINE | A rep given misleading information from here (9) |
| GREETINGS | An expression of friendly salutation said on meeting or in a written message in a Christmas card; or, hails, handshakes, kisses, nods or other welcomes generally (9) |
