| ACC | Louisville is in it, in brief |
| MUHAMMADALI | The airport in Louisville is named for this local athlete |
| IRA | You might put some money in it, in brief |
| NBA | Hornets are in it, in brief |
| BIO | Cells are covered in it, in brief |
| OPEC | Kuwait is a member of it, in brief |
| USDA | The Forest Service is part of it, in brief |
| CUNY | Hunter College is part of it, in brief |
| NFL | Texans are part of it, in brief |
| OCD | Paxil may alleviate it, in brief |
| SHIP | Port is left in it, in more than one way |
| LUPIN | Nothing turned up in it - in the garden, that is (5) |
| INTERPRET | Peter has the right to put a T in it in order to translate it (9) |
| ORNATE | There's no tear in it - in fact, you could say that it was much ornamented |
| BRITISHOPEN | Bob Hope played in it in 1950 |
| SOOT | Chimney sweeps are covered in it, in "Mary Poppins" |
| ABSENTIA | The Sixth Amendment prevents trials in it, in most cases |
| RERELEASE | "Star Wars" was in it in 1997 |
| GAIETY | There's point in it in gay surroundings |
| BROGUE | You put your foot in it, in Dublin-speak? (6) |