| IMPREST | I'm forced, you might say, to offer advance payment |
| PRESSGANG | One might have forced you to serve a group of journos? |
| INDECORUM | Nude, I'm forced to admit my immodesty |
| BIPED | Man, say, to offer to take exercise (5) |
| CHEESE | What you might say to someone putting you in the picture over engineer getting to view taps (6) |
| LEG | "Break a ___!" (what you might say to a comedian about to perform) |
| BOO | Word you might say to scare someone you're sneaking up on |
| SLEEPTIGHT | What you might say to one going to bed drunk? (5,5) |
| GETINFIRST | What you might say to someone who wants a lift? To begin with, don't settle for a second on Day One! (3,2,5) |
| YOUCOMPLETEME | Something you might say to your darling ... or to the letters D-A-R-L-I-N-G in this puzzle |
| AAH | What you might say to your dentist |
| CARCASSONNE | First body, you might say, to tour northern French city (11) |
| CHEERUP | What you might say to help make someone feel happier (5,2) |
| HEY | Word you might say to Siri or Google Assistant |
| SPEKE | English explorer whose name sounds like something you might say to a dog |
| LISTENUP | What you might say to a boisterous crowd before making an annoucement |
| NONEOFYOURBEESWAX | What you might say to a nosy parker (4,2,4,7) |
| UPPSIES | What you might say to a baby when lifting it (7) |
| STAYCATION | Leave at home? What you might say to a boxer with Jaguar popular around Oxford! (10) |
| AREYOUINSANE | Phrase someone might say to you when you plan to swim Lake Erie, maybe |