| Skilled showoff |
| Crystal-filled rock |
| Puzzled comments |
| Pickled flower bud |
| Anecdotal knowledge |
| Snag — trap |
| Filled tortilla served with chilli sauce |
| African capital formerly called Salisbury |
| Like a subtitled black-and-white movie in which everyone smokes and wears sunglasses |
| 2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.' |
| Late September babies concealed one strong craving? |
| Coiled fossil shell |
| Parody — show with striptease? |
| Roman statesman called "the Censor |
| Aid Hal (anag) — flower with showy heads |
| Air-cooled machine guns |
| One skilled in emergency childbirth |
| Recoiled fearfully |
| Joplin who led the Full Tilt Boogie Band |
| Acknowledgment of debt, in brief |
| Aromatic herb — Timcan't (anag) |
| Acknowledged an ovation |
| Pimpled |
| Infantry — unit of linear measure |
| Act — exploit |
| Troubled |
| Confusing statements ... and a hint to the circled letters |
| Acknowledgment of debt |
| Be uncontrolled |
| Skilled |