| WHEREISTHELIE | "You can't deny it," and a good question about the answers to the starred clues |
| FACT | You can't deny it |
| HOW | It's a good question |
| THEYREDRAWN | What you can say about sketches, and about the answers to the starred clues |
| THATSANORDER | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| THATSRICH | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| PATRIAM | Nemo potest exuere ____: you can't deny where you come from |
| ACCEPTIT | "You can't deny this" |
| ITSASTART | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| GQEBERHA | Good question about beer - ha! - needed to pronounce Port Elizabeth (8) |
| COMET | Heavenly body in the solar system having a starlike nucleus with a luminous mass around it and a long luminous tail that points away from the sun |
| POINTOFORDER | Time to get edict, say, to raise a question about the rules (5,2,5) |
| GRANULE | As a rule, nag for it and a little grain will be given to you |
| KAKEMONO | A Japanese paper or silk wall hanging with a picture or inscription on it and a roller at the bottom |
| HOWS | It is a question about the old man's health (4,4,6) |
| YOURFATHER | It is a question about the old man's health (4,4,6) |
| SAL | The "she" in the lyric "She's a good old worker and a good old pal" |
| GASMASK | Good question about old lady's wartime protection (3,4) |
| WORTHY | Good question about getting nothing right (6) |
| ONION | A small number? I deny it! Reflecting, it's enough to make you cry (5) |
