| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| LURID | Sensational | |
| SPECTACULAR | Sensational | |
| TABLOIDS | Sensational papers | |
| MELODRAMA | Sensational play | |
| HYPE | Sensational promotion | |
| BALLYHOO | Sensational publicity | |
| ESP | Extra sensational prefaces | |
| SETTHEWORLDONFIRE | Achieve something sensational | |
| EXCITING | Former spouse quoting? Sensational! | |
| MELODRAMATICS | Sensational behaviour, quoting mellowed rheumatics! | |
| SHOCKER | Sensational play from singular pawn and queen | |
| SENSATIONALIST | One who practices sensational writing or speaking. | |
| SENSATIONAL | Of or pertaining to sensation; as, sensational nerves. | |
| MATISSE | French artist featured on part of doormat is sensational | |
| EMOTIONAL | Pertaining to, or characterized by, emotion; excitable; easily moved; sensational; as, an emotional nature. | |
| SENSATIONALISM | The practice or methods of sensational writing or speaking; as, the sensationalism of a novel. | |
| CANARD | An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public. | |