Possible Clues:

• Discernible, manifest
• Obvious (Ed Sheeran)
• Conspicuous coverage of competition by papers? Just the opposite
• I've got over the damage to the car, that's clearly the case
• It's obvious I've turned up to make an impression
• Clear primitive energy needed in athletics activity
• Public occasion requires identification to get in, that's clear
• I had cut into social occasion, it's clear
• I had contracted to appear in competition easy to see
• Clear couple of notes and another featuring in pared-down musical