Puzzle 19

Number of workers, recruitment.

Black slab in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Maligned rudely.

Coarse flour made from dried maize.

Hunter S. Thompson wrote of fear and this.

Resignation, a belief in what will be will be.

Strike up a friendship with someone (3 words).

Kings of the Wild __, Adam & the Ants album.

Netted frame defended by the keeper in soccer.

Rain parasol prop in Singin' in the Rain.

Gave in, became less strict.