| HAT | Spanish flair: A matador's soft, black ___ is called a "montera" |
| AIRPLANE | A long, overnight trip on an ___ is called a red-eye (Don't forget to bring an eye mask so you can get some sleep!) |
| MATADOR | Person wearing a montera |
| PANACEA | Husband's lacking in flair - a cure-all's offered (7) |
| ESPADA | Spanish for "sword"; a matador's estoc; a scabbard fish; or, one of the "swords" in a Spanish pack of cards (6) |
| EYE | Strawberry black ___ is a risk in frosty weather (3) |
| SPOT | Black ___ is a common disease of roses! (4) |
| HELLEBORE | Black ___ is a less festive name for Christmas rose (9) |
| CAPE | A garment such as a lady's mantle/pelerine, a matador's muleta or a superhero's short cloak (4) |
| REDRAG | Archaic derogatory slang for a person's tongue, especially when wagging or flapping to excess; or, a term, alluding to a matador's bull-goading scarlet muleta, for a source of provocation or infuriati |
| VERONICA | Saint whose name suggests a "true image" but historically means "bringer of victory", hence a word for a vernicle; a matador's sweeping cape pass in bullfighting; or, speedwell (8) |
| CHARCOAL | Soft black sticks of what are used in drawing? (8) |
| PINKLADY | Youngster tucked into soft black apple (4,4) |
| STAR | "... name of the ___ is called Wormwood" (Rev. 8:11) |
| ACOW | Meat from ___ is called beef: 2 wds. |
| SENSUALITY | "The spiritualisation of ____ is called love" (Nietzsche) |
| ELDERS | "But the idling of our ____ is called business" (Augustine, Confessions) |
| PLACE | What second ___ is called in horse racing |
| MAMBA | The Black _____ is Africa's longest venomous snake. (5) |
| BULLDOZER | Earthmover makes a matador's foe a sleepyhead (9) |
