| Some corporal punishment | 24 |
| Performs musically, in a way | 28 |
| What some cons are taking | 25 |
| They often include samples | 26 |
| Talks in a syncopated way | 25 |
| T-Pain and Ice-T output | 23 |
| Spits rhymes, so to speak | 25 |
| Speaks rhythmically, maybe | 26 |
| Snoop Doggy Dogg songs | 22 |
| Shady Records releases | 22 |
| Performs music, in a way | 24 |
| Performs like Snoop Lion | 24 |
| Performs gangsta-style | 22 |
| Performs a form of hip-hop | 26 |
| Offerings from Busta Rhymes | 27 |
| Notorious B.I.G. releases | 25 |
| Knocks, as on the door | 22 |
| Entertains like Hammer | 22 |
| Emulates Jay Z and Master P | 27 |
| Eminem's repertoire | 23 |
| Does a Ludacris impersonation | 29 |
| It may accompany a mug shot | 27 |
| Criminal's resume? | 22 |
| The Notorious B.I.G., e.g. | 26 |
| Not merely paying attention | 27 |
| Riveted with attention | 22 |
| Like a fan during overtime | 26 |
| Glued to the tube, say | 22 |
| Undivided, as attention | 23 |
| Transported with emotion | 24 |
| Transported emotionally | 23 |
| Really paying attention | 23 |
| Not the least bit distracted | 28 |
| Lost in a good puzzle, say | 26 |
| Lost in a good book, say | 24 |
| Listening to every word | 23 |
| Like one diffusing a bomb | 25 |
| Like one defusing a bomb | 24 |
| Public speaker's goal | 25 |
| Toronto basketball player | 25 |
| Atlantic Division cagers | 24 |
| NYC dance-punkers The ___ | 25 |
| One with a hairy story | 22 |
| Locked-up long-locked lass | 26 |
| ___ avis (one in a million) | 27 |
| ___ avis (one of a kind) | 24 |
| ___ avis (unusual one) | 22 |
| Unusual, in Caesar's day | 28 |
| Like a whooping crane: Lat. | 27 |
| Indie rock band ___ Riot | 24 |
| Hard to find, to Hadrian | 24 |
| Hard to find in Latin? | 22 |
| --- avis (unique person) | 24 |
| ___ avis (unusual species) | 26 |
| ___ avis (unique person) | 24 |
| Uncommon, as a Latin bird? | 26 |
| Seldom seen, to Seneca | 22 |
| Ornithologist's adjective | 29 |
| Not often seen, to Caesar | 25 |
| Like a certain Latin bird | 25 |
| Like a blue moon, in old Rome | 29 |
| It was uncommon at the Forum | 28 |
| Hardly seen at the Forum? | 25 |
| Hard to find, to Caesar | 23 |
| Extraordinary, in a phrase | 26 |
| "Ta-___ Boom-de-ay" | 29 |
| ''__ avis'' | 27 |
| ___ avis (unusual thing) | 24 |
| ___ avis (uncommon thing) | 25 |
| ___ avis (uncommon find) | 24 |
| ___ avis (exceptional one) | 26 |
| Roman birdwatcher's find? | 29 |
| One-of-a-kind find, to Caesar | 29 |
| Well-done's opposite | 24 |
| Instruction for the chef | 24 |
| Tough to get your hands on | 26 |
| Still mooing, so to speak | 25 |
| Steakhouse specification | 24 |
| Porterhouse specification | 25 |
| Like a Liberty gold coin | 24 |
| Like a June day, to Lowell | 26 |
| Like collectible coins | 22 |
| "O ___ Ben Jonson!" | 29 |
| Still red inside, as a steak | 28 |
| Roast beef request, perhaps | 27 |
| Not an everyday occurrence | 26 |
| Like Lowell's June day | 26 |
| Like inverted Jenny stamps | 26 |
| Like barely broiled meat | 24 |
| Like an 1864 two cent piece | 27 |
| Like a four-leaf clover | 23 |
| Like a condor in the wild | 25 |
| Like a 1943 copper penny | 24 |
| Like a 1909-S VDB penny | 23 |
| Definitely not well-done | 24 |
| Barely cooked, as steak | 23 |
| Antiquarian's adjective | 27 |
| "Still mooing" | 24 |
| ___, medium or well done | 24 |
| Very thinly distributed | 23 |