| LOSTCAUSE | Clueless with 23 down? Presumably, St Jude wouldn't find this challenging! (4,5) |
| UNIFORMEDPOLICE | Bobbies who are clueless with new introduction, courteous with small change (9,6) |
| WRITERSBLOCK | I could be clueless with this problem (7,5) |
| IRON | With 23- Down, Tony Stark's alter ego |
| DISCOVERING | With 23-Down, what 27-Across/32-Down is often credited with |
| DREWINONESHORNS | Backed down from a fight with 24 across to get in with 23 down and 10 across at school (4,2,4,5) |
| FIREINONESBELLY | Desperate fight with 24 across is fashionable with 23 down in human storage facility (4,2,3'1,5) |
| OPENFIRE | Start shooting with 23 down and 24 down (4,4) |
| STEPCHILD | The issue new union brought up for most of those opening 15 down with 23 down (9) |
| BRIGHTON | Coupled with 23 down, this is a city in 5, 21 down (8) |
| SNOOP | With 23-Down, rapper who got surprise serenaded with "Happy Birthday to You" by 1- and 5-Across at a benefit concert in L.A. on Saturday |
| SIGH | Sound with 23-Down |
| HEAD | With 23-Down, deli product |
| LEI | Gift with 23-Down |
| DES | With 23-Down, capital of Iowa |
| TOUR | With 23-Down, leader of a sightseers' group |
| MICHAEL | Shown, with 23-Down, "Basic Instinct" star |
| INA | With 23-Down, almost instantly |
| HEAR | With 23-Down, listen to |
| NIA | With 23-Down, "Big Momma's House" actress |
