| CARCINOGENESIS | Can recognise vaguely - is it how the tumor starts? (14) |
| OPTIMISTIC | Mike probes curious topic - is it how Sunak feels about the economy? (10) |
| KNOWALL | As he can recognise everything, he cannot be a learner (4-3) |
| KNOWBYSIGHT | Recognise vaguely (4,2,5) |
| PRONOUNCE | Say it how it is ... the sentence? (9) |
| INVINOVERITAS | So, one who's had the sack will tell it how it is, maybe |
| WHACKO | The sound of the whipping had a ring to it. How stupid (6) |
| STRAIGHTANSWER | Tells it how it is! (8,6) |
| SPLINTER | Les has to print it - how it came out of the wood! (8) |
| HOITYTOITY | Prince Charles's Old Man grabs it and plaything is stuffed with it - how highfalutin! (5-5) |
| COST | It's the question you have to ask if what you want to buy doesn't have a price tag on it: "How much does this ___?" |
| RADIATED | I darted out and had a look at it - how it shone! |
| RAPTURE | Extreme delight is rare, put it how you will (7) |
| INSTITUTE | Set up tint, use it how you will (9) |
| INCISION | I put coins in it - how cutting! (8) |
| WHIMSICAL | Delicately fanciful wish, claim it how you will (9) |
| TYPICAL | 100 Romans play with it - how characteristic of them! |
| WOODENSHOE | One may put one's foot in it; how does one wriggle out? (6,4) |
| OUTSTAYS | For isn't it how one surpasses a test of stamina? (Yeah, like your welcome!) (8) |
| WEN | Benign skin tumor, especially of the scalp |