Possible Clues:

• Painful thing to record in halving of capital
• Skin surgery might improve this minor celeb
• Violent Femmes "___ in the Sun"
• Runner's problem
• Sore bubble on skin
• About fifty in bits will swell with 'er
• Fairly well-known celebrity is a painful lump
• Second-rate celebrity that's swelled up
• Criticize severely
• Bristle (anag.)