| EASYTERMS | A nice way of describing such a messy rate! |
| ARISTA | Is art a way of describing such a bristle-like appendage? (6) |
| CANOFWORMS | The opening of such a messy situation which might spill the beans? (3,2,5) |
| BONVIVANT | Nice way of describing of a hedonist? (3,6) |
| CREMEDELA | Nice way of describing 19Ac's elite? (5,2,2,5) |
| ELOCUTION | The talking cure? That's a nice way of saying it! (9) |
| EUPHEMISM | A nice way of saying he's mime, up for being replaced (9) |
| HOTRWANDA | Redundant way of describing an African country? |
| GEOGRAPHY | From the Greek for "earth writing", the study of natural features of said planet's surface; or, a gazetteer describing such phenomena (9) |
| CREME | Nice way of describing 19Ac's elite? (5,2,2,5) |
| SCIENTIA | It's a nice way of knowing things |
| BEESKNEES | First-rate! |
| TOPFLIGHT | First-rate! |
| DYEDINTHEWOOL | Describing such a guy? "O! He'd yield nowt unfortunately" |
| MODERN | _ classics, a more contemporary way of describing cars like the MX-5 (6) |
| SOUPEDUP | Informal way of describing a performance-modified car (6-2) |
| LAMENTED | A conventional way of describing someone who has died (8) |
| THREESTEPS | ___ to Heaven, Eddie Cochran song, and a way of describing answers to asterisked clues (10) |
| OAP | Way of describing soap's more mature characters, such as Corrie's Ken or Rita (1,1,1) |
| BOXER | Way of describing crater? Rocky, say (5) |
