| Snag — trap |
| Parody — show with striptease? |
| Aid Hal (anag) — flower with showy heads |
| Actor Jared who fronts the band 30 Seconds to Mars |
| Aromatic herb — Timcan't (anag) |
| Alternative title of this puzzle, in view of what can be placed in front of the answers to the 10 asterisked clues |
| Infantry — unit of linear measure |
| Act — exploit |
| Confused — on the briny |
| Seabird — glutton |
| At-risk front-line troops |
| Ali had (anag) — showy flower |
| Southern African plant of the lily family — haunts a gap (anag) |
| Alliance — old measure of distance |
| Iris adapts (anag) — indoor plant |
| Tummy sound — discover (an illicit activity) |
| Snob failed (anag) — extremely difficult situation |
| Former US vice-president — dialect way of pronouncing R |
| Ancient Egyptian symbol of life — khan (anag) |
| Rubbish — baby animals |
| Affront, slangily |
| Part of the London borough of Ealing — British historian, d. 1902 |
| Anglo-Saxon magistrate — female bird — pass (a rope) through a hole |
| Adam's first wife? — Frasier Crane's second ex-wife |
| Action — legal document |
| Say no to — rubbish |
| Alternative rock band that was fronted by Michael Stipe |
| Blink — enact it (anag) |
| Person with learning difficulties, but with other extraordinary mental skills — attains void (anag) |
| A docile aunt (anag) — instructive |