| WEBBY | Internet award whose acceptance speeches are limited to five words |
| ALGORE | In his Webby Lifetime Achievement Award acceptance speech (which is limited to five words), he said "Please don't recount this vote" |
| INTEARS | How many Oscar acceptance speeches are delivered |
| DUOLOGUE | Part of a play in which the speaking roles are limited to two actors (8) |
| SAVAGE | Sculptor whose acceptance to a summer program at Fontainebleau outside Paris was revoked because of her race |
| WEBBYS | Annual internet awards |
| ITHINKILLBEOKAY | Response to are you all right?-5 words |
| AVIARY | Where flights are limited start to advance by railway |
| THANKYOU | Emotional Oscar winner's requirement in churning out briefest of acceptance speeches? (5,3) |
| AGENTS | Key blokes ___ they're often thanked in acceptance speeches (6) |
| NOBELGASES | Long-winded acceptance speeches in Stockholm? |
| ALOUD | Speeches are permitted, as spoken (5) |
| WAROFWORDS | In which belligerent speeches are delivered (3,2,5) |
| INSOMANYWORDS | Explicitly, how verbose speeches are made (2,2,4,5) |
| TIRADES | Reads it as long angry speeches are heard (7) |
| ADDRESSBOOK | In which speeches are written? (7,4) |
| TITLE | The one for this puzzle has five words |
| PROVERBS | They sell out Robert with five words of wisdom (8) |
| PEOPLE | Three of the first five words of a "Funny Girl" song, or its title |
| CARNEGIE | Philanthropist who gave his name to a literary award whose recipients include Arthur Ransome, Mary Norton. Ronald Welch, Philippa Pearce and Richard Adams (8) |
