| BIRMINGHAM | Backbone needed by Campbell, an amateur in the city (10) |
| NAOMI | Complaint about source of income by Campbell, for instance (5) |
| PRO | Not an amateur, in short (3) |
| EVANS | Chick who won the US Open and US Amateur in the same year (1916) |
| SPINAL | Lapsing somehow not good -- backbone's needed (6) |
| AFICIONADO | Loanword that means 'amateur' in Spanish (10) |
| DILETTANTI | Amateurs in comeback, it papers over talent surprisingly (10) |
| DILETTANTE | One with an amateur interest in the arts (10) |
| CORINTHIAN | The Greek is an amateur sportsman (10) |
| ANASSARWAR | An amateur edited Star Wars, missing the first 24Dn 9Ac (4,6) |
| LIAMNEESON | Taken actor who fought as an amateur boxer in Northern Ireland: 2 wds. |
| CHRISISAAK | Wicked Game singer who fought as an amateur boxer in a Police Athletic League: 2 wds. |
| CALLSIGNAL | A group of letters and numbers identifying a radio transmitting station, usually an amateur one (4,6) |
| OPACITY | Lack of clarity found by amateur in work by Berlin? (7) |
| ARTIFICIAL | Trick's not finished, the Italian amateur's in. It's not natural (10) |
| NONPROFIT | Amateur in good shape as mercenary? Just the opposite (3-6) |
| NAY | Vote against amateur in U.S. city (3) |
| PROSIT | No amateur, in short, to go in for examination good luck! (6) |
| VEGETATE | Get amateur in to check echo in lounge (8) |
| PROTEM | Professional side with no opening for amateur in it, for the time being (3,3) |
