| ATALOWEBB | A phrase meaning "in a weak state" (2,1,3,3) |
| BEDPOST | One of a berth/cot's four "slumber uprights" or pillars, recalled in a phrase meaning "in strict confidence" (7) |
| SOTTOVOCE | Italian phrase meaning in a quiet voice (5,4) |
| EBB | At a low ___ (in a weak state) |
| NAMBYPAMBY | Recall chap near woman basically discontented in a weak state (5,5) |
| LANGUIDLY | In a weak or fatigued manner |
| TENUOUSLY | In a weak manner |
| AUNATUREL | French phrase meaning in the nude |
| ANNOREGNI | Latin phrase meaning in the year of the reign (4,5) |
| ENARRIERE | French phrase meaning 'in the rear' (2,7) |
| ANNOMUNDI | Latin phrase meaning 'in the year of the world' (4,5) |
| MINDGAMES | *Song by John Lennon (1973) and Sickick (2017) whose title is a phrase meaning "psychological manipulation" |
| ATSEA | Phrase meaning 'in a bewildered state' (2,3) |
| SOTTO | - voce; Italian phrase meaning "in a low voice" (5) |
| ENMASSE | French phrase meaning 'in a group' or 'all together' (2,5) |
| BUCK | A dandy or a fop; a stag; or, a word used in a phrase meaning "shift responsibility onto another" that derives from passing the dealer marker to the next player in poker (4) |
| BOOT | With "to", a phrase meaning "as well, in addition"; a buskin, wellington or other shoe that covers part of the leg; a kick; or, a vehicle's "trunk" (4) |
| DOT | One of the points appearing on a clock's face to mark the hour, hence its reference in a phrase meaning "precisely on time"; or, any other small round symbol, such as a full stop (3) |
| UMBLEPIE | One of the names, punningly referred to in a phrase meaning "eat your words" or "swallow your pride", for a bakemeat made from the inferior entrails or offal of a deer (5,3) |
| SPLASH | Onomatopoeia echoing the watery sound of a diver or a stone hitting the water's surface and recalled in a phrase meaning "make waves" (6) |
