| CHINESEWHISPERS | Game in which message a becomes distorted as it is passed round (7,8) |
| CAESAR | Kind of cipher in which A becomes B, B becomes C, e.g. |
| CODED | Forming part of a telegraph system nicknamed the "Victorian Internet", code in which messages are spelled out in dots and dashes, or, dits and dahs (5) |
| THETIME | It is passed in conversation (3,4,2,3) |
| THREAD | It is passed through the eye of a needle (6) |
| NINETY | In Tyne perhaps it is passed by the nonagenarian (6) |
| ALIMENTARYCANAL | Tubular collection of organs through which food is passed and digested (10,5) |
| SOUNDBARRIER | It is passed with a boom (5,7) |
| ENATIC | Bad acne - it is passed down from female ancestry (6) |
| CORNER | The critical point is passed round it (6) |
| ONLOAN | Lent's over -- see, bread is passed round (2,4) |
| HOLIDAYMAKER | Punch is passed round lido, stirred for tourist (12) |
| MINIMISE | Play down note that is passed round society (8) |
| RIPOSTE | Witty response from Republican that is passed round office (7) |
| GARBLED | Distorted, as a message |
| WARP | How to wrap it so that it will become distorted |
| AIRBNB | Company with a "Become A Host" page on its website |
| CABLE | Message a bishop left in church |
| SMS | Texting protocol for which messages might show up as green |
| BIRTHDAYCARD | Special message, a reminder of when delivered? (8,4) |
