| THATIS | In other words, to be precise (4,2) |
| USEDTOIT | I'd set out, in other words, to be no longer bothered by something (4,2,2) |
| SPECIE | A little speculation, in other words, to make money (6) |
| SCRIPT | Written copy of words to be spoken (6) |
| CUSSED | Required one's words to be bowdlerized, maybe |
| LYRICS | Words to be sung when Cyril's written them out (6) |
| REINSTATE | Put in other words to ring in and put back in place (9) |
| TIES | Connections one needs, in other words, to appear in 'The Times' (4) |
| IDEST | In other words, to Nero |
| SPOTON | What Page 3 girls had in retirement, to be precise |
| STRICT | Way in which scheme is incomplete, to be precise |
| NOTION | Managed to back on line, to be precise (6) |
| BANGON | It means "Great," to be precise (4,2) |
| RATHER | More readily, after a fashion, to be precise (6) |
| PROMPT | Help one, at some stage, to be precise (6) |
| SUBTLE | Newspaper employee let out to be precise (6) |
| FINITE | It's never-ending to be precise about it |
| EPITAPH | Record one path, ordering words to be set in stone (7) |
| LYRIC | Left one to cry about the words to be sung (5) |
| ENVOI | I've no other words to end with (5) |
