| TREACHEROUSNESS | Perfidious state when skin problem absorbs 3 (American) all covered in braid (15) |
| ECLAIR | Cake: nearly all covered in cereal, flipped over (6) |
| POSEUR | Tough problem absorbs snooty show-off (6) |
| MICKEYMANTLE | New York Yankees baseball player who won 3 American League MVP titles and played in 20 All-Star games |
| PONDEROUS | Dull pool of water upset 3, American |
| DAB | Touch lightly to absorb (3) |
| SOP | Absorb (3) |
| HIDEOUS | Pelt American all round ring? That's sickening (7) |
| ASLEEP | Possibly under anaesthetic when skin gets lifted (6) |
| TRINI | ___ Lopez III, American singer, guitarist and actor who had a worldwide hit with If I Had a Hammer i |
| ONTOP | Where you are in respect of Old Smokey, all covered with snow (2,3) |
| INITIALLED | With minimal subscription, one name above all covered by that article I edited |
| ORANGEJUICE | What's left when skin's removed from Tojo (6,5) |
| FIELDGOAL | Three American points for this in gold leaf, I gathered (5,4) |
| ONTARIO | The 'O' in OHL (which also has three American teams) |
| HIDEAWAY | Secluded spot found when skin's removed? |
| ATALOWEBB | In poor state when tide is out (2,1,3,3) |
| OLIVA | Minnesota Twin who won three American League batting titles |
| ABDUL | One of the original three American Idol judges, Paula _ (5) |
| TREBEK | First to host three American game shows simultaneously (1991) |
