| ADMITS | Acknowledges it's mad (6) |
| ACCEPT | Acknowledge it's harsh leaving cheap charts (6) |
| SALUTE | Acknowledge its superiority despite the state of the old instrument |
| AMIDST | It's mad, mad, in 'The Thick of It' (6) |
| HOOVER | It's mad, backing this president! (6) |
| MENTAL | Chaps talk endlessly - it's mad! (6) |
| ADMIRE | You can have a high opinion of it but it's mad to show such anger (6) |
| INSANE | Silly sun-trap: in fact, it's mad (6) |
| MOUSSE | It's mad to be so abstemious - take a bit of this delicious dessert. (6) |
| DAMASK | It's mad to go back and ask for such stuff! (6) |
| CUCKOO | You see company gaining approval? It's mad! (6) |
| MADRID | It's mad to dispose of foreign capital |
| TANDEM | It's mad for ten to get on a conveyance that's made for two |
| JUSTWHATINEED | Acknowledges it's what's required, though satisfied expression seems sarcastic |
| HALLOWED | That chap would come round to acknowledge it's sacred |
| DENSITY | To refuse to acknowledge it's slipped through is stupidity (7) |
| AMAD | 60s film, It's ... Mad Mad Mad World (1,3) |
| ANDJULIET | Play jam one louder, it's mad (5,3,6) |
| ROMEO | Play jam one louder, it's mad (5,3,6) |
| AMADMAD | 1963 comedy, It's ... Mad Mad World (1,3,3) |
