| DOUBTING | Confused, but outwardly acting like Thomas (8) |
| DECADENT | In decline these days, but outwardly proper |
| APPOSITE | Poe is apt to be confused, but that's appropriate (8) |
| INTREPID | I end trip confused but undaunted (8) |
| REMAINED | I meander, confused, but carried on (8) |
| READABLE | Dear Abel was confused but decipherable (8) |
| FAMILIAR | I am frail, confused, but well known (8) |
| DOUBTERS | People like Thomas Cook used to blather vacuously |
| EMOTIONS | "Your intellect may be confused, but your ___ will never lie to you": Roger Ebert (8) |
| HESPERUS | In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, he is the evening star; his parentage and family is a bit confused, but he often is considered to have links to Atlas. In All's Well That Ends Well (act 2, scene |
| DESPOTIC | Throw dice admitting Mark is acting like a dictator (8) |
| DIVINELY | Devil in disguise - you start acting like God (8) |
| INHUMANE | Fashionable aspect conceals fellow acting like a beast (8) |
| AUTOMATA | People acting like machines (8) |
| RIPPLING | Muscles acting like they are disturbing a pond? (8) |
| HIERATIC | Say hello to jerk after a long period acting like a priest perhaps (8) |
| TROCHLEA | Structure resembling or acting like a pulley, especially the surface of a bone over which a tendon passes (8) |
| OWLISHLY | Acting like a night predator |
| RASCALLY | Acting like a scamp |
| LADYSMAN | Many lads acting like Casanova! (4'1,3) |
