| TALKOFTHEDEVIL | Diabolical conversation? And here's its subject! |
| ALICE | Children's character who asks herself "And what is the use of a book without pictures or conversations?" |
| GEISHA | A Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing. |
| CIRCLEBACK | Return to a subject in conversation, and what this puzzle's author did to make the examples stand out |
| LOSTARTS | Conversation and letter writing, it's said |
| TAPERECORDER | Bug conversation and cede error developed in reporter's equipment (4,8) |
| SEXCHANGE | Starting school with conversation and gender reassignment (3,6) |
| BANTER | Witty conversation and lies from East Berlin (6) |
| WHIRRED | Heard some conversation and it sounded like wings moving (7) |
| CHA | Endless conversation and tea (3) |
| GOODTALK | Successful conversation, and a graphic memoir by Mira Jacob |
| HANGSUP | Ends the conversation and leaves in suspense (5,2) |
| ROYALS | This magazine and its subject (6) |
| PUTINAWORDORTWO | Intervene in conversation and solve a bit of a crossword? (3,2,1,4,2,3) |
| CHARADES | From the Provencal meaning "conversation" and the Spanish for "clownishness", absurd pretences; or, a game based on guessing acted riddles, syllables or words (8) |
| BREAKTHEICE | Begin a conversation, and what the answers to the starred clues do to their circled letters? |
| TOPIC | Photo? Picture? Some subject! (5) |
| UFOLOGIST | You get the idea when listening he doesn't know his subject! |
| DIGRESSED | Indecent insinuation? Gallant leaders changed the subject! (9) |
| ENGLISH | Poor Nigel ' s getting a horrid start in this subject! (7) |
