| MISEENSCENE | Staging and design, to a dramaturge |
| PLAYWRIGHT | Dramaturge |
| THEATERWRITER | Dramaturge |
| BACKBENCHER | Plant, or other item, set at the rear of greenhouse or potting shed staging - and a lowly MP! (11) |
| STENCIL | Device with a cut-out or perforated design that can be used with a stippling brush and paint to apply a design to a wall (7) |
| SCIENCE | Scenic design, to a point, shows discipline (7) |
| RIPEN | Mature pier design, to a point (5) |
| ASSORTED | Various designs to a dress |
| DECAL | A design fixed to some surface or a paper bearing the design to be transferred to the surface. |
| ARTDECO | Architectural and design style emphasising curvilinear and geometric elements, popular in the 1920s and '30s (3,4) |
| SUNBURST | A motif or symbol used in architecture and design, consisting of rays or beams radiating out from a central disc (8) |
| MILAN | Italian city that's a fashion and design hub |
| FRONTEND | Eg a website's appearance and design |
| GRADIENTS | They're inclined to work in art and design (9) |
| OTIS | L.A.'s ___ College of Art and Design |
| WATERCOLOUR | Painting and design for a lower court |
| POUNCE | A talon of a hawk; a sudden spring or swoop; fine powder of cuttle-bone or sandarach, formerly used to prevent ink from bleeding; or, charcoal dust sprinkled through perforated designs to transfer mot |
| TEDTALKS | Initially focusing on technology, entertainment and design, what are viewed or listened to over three billion times annually? (3,5) |
| WAXANDWANE | Stick a cross in a new design to show what moon will do (3,3,4) |
| FLAG | An item with distinctive colours and designs studied in vexillology; or, a cloth piece forming a line of bunting (4) |