Instructions: Guess the words defined by the cryptic clues (answers vary in length from four to eleven letters, and six are capitalized) then enter them in the grid one after another in the same order as their clues, starting in the upper left corner. Across words that don't end at the right continue on the next row, and down words that don't end at the bottom continue in the next column. Eleven across words and ten down words won't fit in the grid unless one of their letters is omitted. Those twenty-one letters, taken in order as they occur in across and down words, spell a seven-word message related to the mystery entry. Thanks to Kevin Wald for test-solving and editing this puzzle. (If you are having trouble printing these puzzles, you can download an Adobe Acrobat version of the puzzle and grid). [Want to see some hints?]

1. Beginning of sudden sharp twitch
2. Palm Sunday is about charity
3. Penny, facing a day in Paris without Jack, is gloomy
4. Unaccompanied man starting early for theater
5. Social gathering gets last of meat and vegetable
6. Mechanical repetition of recorded sound
7. Interior design of inside corridor
8. Tell one rumor about recluse
9. Norma edited a novel
10. Note about gold marketplaces
11. Note the similarities of level in approach
12. Buzz us around noon for a vegetable dip
13. Sort of southern dish
14. Visionary guide missing start of trail
15. Pester boxer about five hundred grand
16. About to propose English name
17. I, in person, freed royal captive
18. Not in a hurry; open around 1:00
19. Pietra's a wanton freeloader
20. Unconcerned about a Dutch musical number
21. Woolen sash wrapped around eyepiece
22. Spoiling it all with love for nymphet

1. Confident about fellow coming back for identifying label
2. Suet blended with phosphorus and whipped
3. Karl drops five eggs
4. Mutt to follow Bob
5. Resort's attractions hold back a Houston team
6. Improve brew with toppings of tarragon and thyme
7. Time outside of the room
8. Sage is excited about a number
9. Take on a cause pro tempore
10. Equestrian event confused De Grasse
11. Limit weight brought back in
12. Fashion magazine of excellence
13. Sustains less radical decay
14. Head of ram in grave with one horn
15. Support the Spanish drive
16. Taser for restraining a slave
17. He ran in frolicsome play
18. To remove parasites, get wet holding head and tail of eel
19. Time to muse
20. Cantor meets with jazz singer
21. House of fashion disrupted endless parade