| SOTOSAY | Figuratively speaking |
| CUPOFTEA | Personal taste, figuratively speaking |
| TALKNINETEENTOTHEDOZEN | Be excessively loquacious, figuratively speaking? |
| SCULPTURE | Art, figuratively speaking? |
| CRAWLUNDERAROCK | Hide, figuratively speaking |
| WALKSON | Mistreats, figuratively speaking |
| THREE | A crowd, figuratively speaking? |
| VULGARFRACTION | Rude part figuratively speaking (6,8) |
| IMAGES | I spoil the games figuratively speaking |
| GOO | Sickly sentiment, figuratively speaking |
| CURIOUSASACAT | *Inquisitive, figuratively speaking |
| KEEL | Ship, figuratively speaking |
| TIDE | It may be stemmed or turned, figuratively speaking |
| TAT | Part of an equitable trade, figuratively speaking |
| LAYER | Either the top or bottom half of this puzzle, figuratively speaking |
| TOPIARIST | Free spirit to a gardener, figuratively speaking? (9) |
| BABE | Bishop Lincoln is innocent, figuratively speaking (4) |
| POSITIVESIGN | Pessimist won't acknowledge this has nothing to do with the Takeaway, figuratively speaking (8,4) |
| BIRTHDAY | The time of life when one ages, figuratively speaking |
| NUMBERS | The subjects of this week's Miscellany, figuratively speaking! (7) |
