| CUSTOMARY | 19 3 in conversation with the virgin (9) |
| SHUTTLE | Travel stop, having tea, in conversation with the French (7) |
| DEMOCRACY | The best argument against this is a five-minute conversation with the average voter, per Winston Churchill |
| LADYCHATTERLEY | Groom wise, so to speak, to conceal conversation with the Parisian adulteress |
| NIGHTMARE | Lady's heroic champion in conversation with horse in frightening dream (9) |
| TALKINGTO | In conversation with royalty in total chaos (7,2) |
| WORDSMITH | Author in conversation with artisan (9) |
| ELIZABETH | The blaze one may have had with the Virgin Queen (9) |
| CHARLATAN | Girl in conversation with an impostor |
| CAILLIACH | I am in phone conversation with every single Winter goddess (9) |
| LOCALCALL | Phone conversation with someone in the same city (5,4) |
| RAM | The first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19 (3) |
| REINDEER | Sounds like a right shower with honey in conversation with dancer? (8) |
| ROADMAP | Guide travelled in conversation with politician across area (4,3) |
| CHECKOFF | Russian author in conversation with Mark (5,3) |
| INTERVIEW | Televised conversation with a celebrity (9) |
| MONOLOGUE | One mogul joins our circle and engrosses the conversation with it |
| STONECHAT | Francis, say, individual to enter into conversation with a bird? (9) |
| CODE | 23-8-1-20 20-8-9-19 3-12-21-5 9-19 23-18-9-20-20-5-14 9-14 (hint: A = 1, B = 2) |
| GREYMATTER | Poet in conversation with mother about model's intelligence (4,6) |
