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CORNSALSAMix with kernels COMMONERAModern dating phrase ESCARTISTMagician in a straitjacket and handcuffs, maybe TEDDANSONActor best known for playing Sam Malone in the US sitcom Cheers TOTHESIDEWhere a wallflower often stands NEWSNIGHTBBC current affairs programme launched in 1980 STRAIGHTAKind of student ALONETIMEChance to recharge one's social battery RICKSTEINEnglish celebrity chef who opened his first seafood restaurant in Padstow in 1975 BOOKVALUEAccounting calculation MARGARITACocktail of tequila, lemon or lime juice, and an orange-flavoured liqueur CATAMARANA yacht or other boat with twin hulls THEARTIST2011 French film that won a Best Picture Oscar ALTENDINGPost-credits scene, perhaps