| IMMUNOLOGIST | I am spreading gums with lotion but my specialty is natural resistance |
| TIMPANI | I am spreading paint around drums |
| VOLITION | These six Romans require lotion but it's a matter of choice (8) |
| PYORRHOEA | Inflammation of the gums with discharge of pus (9) |
| ENCROACH | Intrude, initially encountering natural resistance in bus (8) |
| INERTIA | Natural resistance to change |
| PAINTER | One whose specialty is coats |
| GOB | "Arrested Development" character whose specialty is 84 Down |
| OFFCUTTER | A Richard Hadlee specialty is not on the boat (3,6) |
| ALASTAIR | "At the gym I usually toss up ___ ball -- it's my specialty -- just before I leave" |
| RIDDLEMEREE | As I am presented here, but my last is an in mere? (6-2-3) |
| ISAACNEWTON | Who said "Aristotle is my friend - but my greatest friend is truth" |
| SEA | "But my life, my love and my lady is the ___" ("Brandy" lyric) |
| INSILHOUETTE | "I'm familiar to you, but my face isn't, since I almost always appear ___" |
| MOM | Mr. Burns: "I specifically said no geeks!" Milhouse: "But my ___ says I'm cool." |
| GUMBOIL | Good university doctor with lotion for canine problem? (7) |
| STENCH | Chest rubbed with lotion finally creating stink (6) |
| NEAR | "Your hands are in my hair, but my heart is in your teeth, babe / And it makes me wanna make you ___ me always": Jewel |
| RIO | "I'm an old cowhand, from the ... Grande; But my legs ain't bowed, and my cheeks ain't tanned" |
| AFTERHOURS | "Excuse me, but my partner's and my kids go first!" |
