| DUSTBIN | "History itself has become a ____" (Baudrillard) |
| SIMULACRUM | "A real without origin or reality: a hyperreal," per Jean Baudrillard |
| FAITHFULNESS | Fun itself has to be sacrificed to loyalty (12) |
| TALON | Claw foot, ultimately, by itself has draftee finally eliminated |
| DAD | "When does a joke become a ___ joke? When it becomes apparent!" |
| HUGERSENATOR | After years of performing cardiac procedures, the HEART SURGEON ran for office to become a ___, a more gigantic version of other politicians |
| SWITCHHITTER | An electrician who is testing results may become a ___ |
| USED | A new car becomes a ___ car the minute you drive it. (4) |
| NUDIST | "A man who publishes his letters becomes a ____ — nothing shields him from the world's gaze except his bare skin" (EB White) |
| BORE | "Every hero becomes a ___ at last": Emerson |
| LEGEND | "What becomes a ___ most?" |
| LIFER | Anyone found guilty of murder in the UK becomes a ____ |
| VERY | A celebrity who has become a household name is ___ popular |
| PICADOR | I see a drop-out has become a bullfighter! (7) |
| ANGKORWAT | Complex of ancient temples that has become a symbol of Cambodia and has been depicted on national fl |
| JOHNHANCOCK | Signatory of the US Declaration of Independence whose name has become a synonym for a signature (4,7 |
| OWNGOAL | Football disaster that has become a metaphor for any action that backfires upon a person (3,4) |
| SVENGALI | The name of which villain in George du Maurier's novel Trilby has become a synonym for any mentor who wields a dark, mesmeric power over his pupil? (8) |
| STANLEY | US tool-making company whose name has become a generic term for a type of knife (7) |
| KOREANWAR | Change arena ___ work has become a conflict (6,3) |
