| FOREFINGER | Number discussed then better, it's good to admit, as an indicator (10) |
| DISALLOW | refuse to admit, as evidence |
| COPSTO | Admits, as an offense |
| SPEED | Number discussed in some traffic stops |
| SIGNS | Indications that it's good to admit to bad deeds (5) |
| AMERICAN | Film and song in cinema are contrived, it's good to admit (8,3) |
| DONTMENTIONIT | The thing must not be discussed, so say no more |
| DRSEUSS | Who wrote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not |
| THELORAX | Dr. Seuss book with the quote "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." |
| TALISMANIC | Satanic mill mostly abandoned as an indicator of good luck (10) |
| TURNSIGNAL | Lasting run-around is just an indicator (4,6) |
| MARKER | E.g. float or peg used as an indicator (6) |
| LITMUS | Soluble powder obtained from certain lichens used as an indicator |
| SENTINEL | In medicine, a thing that acts as an indicator of the presence of disease (8) |
| ASSIGN | Designate as an indicator (6) |
| SIGNPOST | Write your name and position as an indicator (8) |
| ARROW | Public school didn't start as an indicator (5) |
| ECOLI | Coliform-group bacterium used as an indicator of contamination in drinking water (1,4) |
| GOTOONESHEAD | Become conceited so better report it to the principal (2,2,4,4) |
| NICOTINE | Good to admit oxygen can poison |