| CURRENCY | General acceptance of Mark e.g. in the past (8) |
| CREVASSE | Deep crack or fissure, eg, in the ice of a glacier (8) |
| HEIGHTEN | Lift out of order e.g. in the hospital (8) |
| EIGHTEEN | Number involving European, e.g., in the broadcast (8) |
| PIANOBAR | Marie's Crisis Cafe, e.g., in the West Village |
| MISSOURI | State in the Midwest region of the US that was the birthplace of Mark Twain |
| HANNIBAL | City and port on the Mississippi River in Missouri, US; boyhood home of Mark Twain (8) |
| INSIGNIA | Is gain in place of Mark? (8) |
| SCARCITY | Lack of mark seen on big town (8) |
| HARDCURRENCY | Exacting general acceptance for coinage (4,8) |
| OCTAVIAN | Rival of Mark Antony |
| WEAL | Mark, eg from lash (4) |
| ESTABLISHED | Fancy table and dishes are given general acceptance (11) |
| ENT | Treebeard, e.g., in "The Lord of the Rings" |
| ALBURRO | "With butter" in Italian cuisine, eg in the dish that became Fettucine Alfredo |
| PROEM | An introduction of fish eg in the afternoon |
| OKIES | The Joads, e.g., in "The Grapes of Wrath" |
| ALSORAN | The hare, e.g., in "The Tortoise and the Hare" |
| STAGERIGHT | Great changes in view left to those eg in the circle |
| ASGUIDE | Corrupt Saudi, eg, in the role of conductor (2,5) |
