| THEBIGTIME | One usually hits this, as it's important in between what's on one's arm (3,3,4) |
| BESIDES | Energy is invested in songs that aren't usually hits as well |
| THESPOT | Whatever hits this satisfies |
| TAT | Ink that might be on one's arm, for short |
| EVEN | On the outskirts of everything, between what's regular (4) |
| CREDIBILITYGAP | Difference between what's promised and what's true |
| EXPRESSING | Saying what's on one's mind, for example, about mystery man with crush on popular type (10) |
| HIGGSBOSON | Gosh! Big's no way to describe it, though it's important in theory (5,5) |
| HARDBITTEN | Toughened, Harry the Bandit has one arm broken (4-6) |
| PRESSURISE | Coerce one arm of media a the aristo sort a to revolt (10) |
| SIGNALLEFT | Stick one's arm straight out |
| NUDIBRANCH | Doris Brown returned with one arm! (10) |
| MARIAMARIA | #1 hit this year by a "Smooth" guy |
| BOBBIN | One won't lose one's thread with this, as it's real vocal (6) |
| HOTPOTATO | One is likely to drop this as it's stolen and possibly smashed (3,6) |
| RBIMEN | They usually hit in the middle of the batting order |
| ROUGHAGE | The approximate time when it's important in diet (8) |
| BRAINWASHING | Mind - one might have to be hung out to dry after this, as it's part of the conditioning (12) |
| TEN | The decimal number system takes this as its base |
| STOPGAP | Substitute what's on one's mind at station? (7) |
