| MASCARA | Flailing maracas that can give you a black eye! (7) |
| BARISTA | Someone who may give you a black eye in a café |
| EMBRACE | A mere cab that can give you a hug! (7) |
| PILLOWS | Headrests that can give you a low lisp! (7) |
| SPECTRE | Ghost that can give you the creeps around opening time (7) |
| MILKBAR | Squeeze with bit of music that can give you the shakes (4,3) |
| RACCOON | A cricket club involved in run out with no backing up -- one's got black eyes! (7) |
| CARAMEL | Back in the Bible, maracas were yellowish-brown (7) |
| PUNCH | Just the character to give you a black eye? (5) |
| TRICEPS | After short time, added piece that can give more power to your elbow |
| RATTLES | Chatterers; crackling noises of paper; dice-boxes; maracas, shakers or toys resembling thus; or, watchmens' instruments formerly used to produce whirring sounds (7) |
| ARAMAIC | Maraca I used in an old Semitic language (7) |
| INASPOT | Flailing to a spinner, last three dismissed, stumped (2,1,4) |
| FINALLY | At last about to nail, flailing about, the fly (7) |
| ONSHORE | Beached herons flailing behind egg (7) |
| LAMPOON | Pool man flailing invites ridicule (7) |
| KEY | One of the bunch has a bit of a black eye! (3) |
| QUICKSAND | Stuff that can give you a sinking feeling? |
| EEL | Fish that can give you a shock |
| TBAR | Resort feature that can give you a lift |
