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| Useful skill |
| Skilled showoff |
| Snag — trap |
| Parody — show with striptease? |
| Bring under control |
| Aid Hal (anag) — flower with showy heads |
| One skilled in emergency childbirth |
| Air-traffic control org. |
| Great skill |
| Skilled |
| Aromatic herb — Timcan't (anag) |
| Seabird — glutton |
| Cato's skill |
| Infantry — unit of linear measure |
| Skill |
| Confused — on the briny |
| Act — exploit |
| Snob failed (anag) — extremely difficult situation |
| Agcy. controlling narcotics |
| Computers' controlling mechanisms |
| Be uncontrolled |
| Ali had (anag) — showy flower |
| Southern African plant of the lily family — haunts a gap (anag) |
| Tummy sound — discover (an illicit activity) |
| Ancient Egyptian symbol of life — khan (anag) |
| More skilled |
| Alliance — old measure of distance |
| Skilled worker |
| Inexplicable skill |