| SEGUES | Bridges built in conversation |
| CONWY | Market town in Wales, site of a railway bridge built by Robert Stephenson and a suspension bridge built by Thomas Telford (5) |
| GANGWAY | Bridge built with a set method (7) |
| CLIFTON | Bristol suspension bridge, built by Brunel (7) |
| RIVERKWAI | Wartime bridge built over it, probably more famous than what went under it (5,4) |
| CLAPPER | A former word for a rabbit hole; a primitive type of bridge built from planks laid on piles of stones; the tongue of a bell; or, a wooden contrivance for scaring birds (7) |
| WATERLOO | This new London bridge built during the Blitz was officially opened on August 11, 1942 |
| CHALET | The French in conversation in holiday camp building |
| TRAPEZE | Relax in conversation after gin in circus bar |
| SCENE | Seen in conversation regarding part in play (5) |
| TALKINGTO | In conversation with royalty in total chaos (7,2) |
| BUTTONHOLE | Small slit in a coat lapel - detain in conversation (10) |
| POOHBAH | Pompous official in Bear Inn in conversation (4-3) |
| RHUBARB | Factor in blood before opening up jibe in conversation (7) |
| MOCASSIN | Ridicule a lapse in conversation - one puts one's foot in it |
| OVERHERE | Pick up in conversation what GIs were in WW2 (4,4) |
| QUIETEST | Who, in French, takes online exam, perhaps most subdued in conversation? |
| ABEE | "... as brisk as ___ in conversation": S. Johnson |
| TELLATHINGORTWO | Humble, in conversation |
| SALTY | Off___color, in conversation |
