INGENIOUS

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