| WEAK | Watery, said of coffee |
| TEARED | Grew watery, said of eyes |
| RAPIER | Said of a kind of sharp wit (6) |
| RAREFIED | Of lower pressure than usual (said of air) |
| ATRIP | Clear of the bottom, said of anchors |
| CORKY | Tasting of tannin, said of wine |
| LYRIC | Suggestive of song, said of poetry |
| SPOONERISM | (n.) sleight of hand passed off as supernatural ability (said of Uri Geller) |
| INCONGRUOUS | (adj.) contradictory; out of touch with reality (said of legislators) |
| OBIT | It's said of late, leaders of old boys institute targeted (4) |
| TAB | Blond 50s idol as an actor and singer (though he said of his role in Island Of Desire, "It was more |
| TYRONE | Basil Rathbone said of this Mask Of Zorro swashbuckler, "Power was the most agile man with a sword I |
| OPERA | Ed Gardner said of this art form that it was, "When a guy gets stabbed in the back and, instead of b |
| ETHELMERMAN | She said of her performance of I Got Rhythm in Girl Crazy on Broadway in 1930, "When I finished that |
| ELTONJOHN | "Candle in the Wind" singer who said of his upcoming farewell tour, "It's a way of going out with a bang": 2 wds. |
| NEXT | What the doctor said of noises coming out of extensions (4) |
| GA | Dorothy Parker said of Katharine Hepburn that she "ran the _____ of emotions from A to B". (5) |
| SWAG | Droop, as if from loss of tautness, often said of floral decorations (4) |
| ITSACIRCUS | Reaction to a frenzied scene, and what could be said of the beginnings of the starred answers |
| FLOWERCHILD | Said of a hippy, who wore floral symbols of peace and love (6,5) |