| SAWAWOMANINHALF | Perform a classic magic trick that's depicted figuratively in this grid? |
| ROPE | Object that appears to be cut and restored in a classic magic trick |
| SAW | Prop for a classic magic trick |
| DOADOUBLETAKE | Perform a classic comedy reaction |
| FIFTHCOLUMNISTS | Subversives located in the right place in this grid? (5,10) |
| TVSPOTS | Many P.S.A.s ... or the four circled squares in this grid? |
| WESER | Again stitch up European runner (should it be Neckar in this grid?) (5) |
| TUG | A sudden forcible pull or wrench, such as that figuratively in love or war; a boat or plane for towing; a chain or rope for hauling; a horse's trace for draughting; or, any hard struggle (3) |
| SOUP | Broth, consomme or potage one is figuratively in when in hot water (4) |
| BEDSITS | Sheeran's distressed, figuratively, in small flats (7) |
| MONOCHROME | Like this grid? Second number heads cell at the top with R in residence |
| FILLIN | What an understudy might do to this grid? (4,2) |
| ONPAPER | Ideally, where do you see this grid? (2,5) |
| PULLEDPORK | Shredded Southern barbecue dish that's depicted in this puzzle's circles |
| SLICEDBREAD | Basis of comparison for many innovations that's depicted four times in this puzzle |
| SOS | Three sailors were rescued from a tiny Micronesian island last week after pilots spotted this written in the sand; can you spot it four times in this puzzle grid? |
| DOUBLEDIPPERS | Ones committing a party foul ... or the images depicted in this puzzle's grid? |
| RUSE | It is a trick that's sure to go wrong (4) |
| UNCONDITIONAL | I con old aunt in trick that's total (13) |
| CONDONE | Turn a blind eye to trick that's performed |
