| BULLFIGHT | Sport some say, what a lot of it in this fight! (9) |
| DOG | "I don't have a ___ in this fight" |
| CARDINAL | Also called redbird, the male of this songbird species typically sports some bright red plumage. Roman Catholic dignitaries who elect the pope also go by this title. |
| ABOWLOFCHERRIES | Reformed bachelor's wife or, some say, what life could be (1,4,2,8) |
| SOUTHERNOCEAN | Body of water officially recognized by the National Geographic Society earlier this month; its four cousins are found north of it in this puzzle (and on a globe) |
| IMAGINED | I'd get game in having conceived of it in this way (8) |
| DROPALINE | Send say what a short the in a fisherman message way (4,1,4) |
| BANGALORE | Prohibition, lots of it, in Mysore |
| SIGHTREAD | Musical students do it in this grade badly (5-4) |
| PLAYBYEAR | Perform music without reading it (In this answer, note letter 5) |
| ABUNDANCE | The cakewalk perhaps? There's a lot of it about (9) |
| PARKING | Can be difficult in town, but there's a lot of it in America (7) |
| AMERICANA | The Smithsonian displays a lot of it |
| ALONETIME | Hermits get a lot of it |
| FORTUNE | What a lot of money with respect to a bit of melody! (7) |
| RAINFALL | There's quite a lot of it in Llanfair, unfortunately (8) |
| AQUA | There is a lot of it in seaquarium (4) |
| IRIS | I risk getting a lot of it in my eye |
| DANCING | There's a lot of it in "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) |
| BAGS | What a lot of things to fetch the shopping in! (4) |
