| FLAIR | Natural aptitude or talent (5) |
| TALENT | Ancient Babylonian, Greek or Roman unit of weight; or, a word for natural aptitude or skill (6) |
| TALENTED | With natural aptitude or skill (8) |
| TALENTS | Special natural aptitudes or skills (7) |
| INAPT | Without aptitude or capacity. (5) |
| AGENT | Word after secret or talent |
| KNACK | Skill or talent |
| PARTS | Personal abilities or talents (5) |
| SPORT | Fun within one's grasp or talents (5) |
| FLARE | This will illuminate a natural aptitude, one hears (5) |
| INSTINCT | Inherent behaviour or impulse; or, natural innate aptitude or skill (8) |
| GIFT | From "payment for a wife", word for a donation, offering or present; or, a natural ability or talent (4) |
| APTITUDE | Natural skill or talent (8) |
| GENIUS | Word originally meaning "divinity, guardian spirit" or "talent, wit", later a person of consummate intellect or of exceptional creative power (6) |
| CHARISMA | From Greek via ecclesiastical Latin for "favour, grace", a word for a divinely conferred power or talent that came to mean attraction, charm, magnetism or personal allure (8) |
| WEIGHT | Handicap - or talent? (6) |
| MORTAL | Some keep form or talent, subject to death |
| CHARITY | Divinely conferred power or talent |
| PANACHE | Hurt twice - showing no interest or talent (7) |
| TEST | Word after "aptitude" or "Bechdel" |
