| MENTIONED | It was said guys rejected broadcast (9) |
| NADIR | Desperate guy rejected by girl essentially in worst moment (5) |
| WEAKERSEX | Poor Irish kiss women, it was said |
| SOTTOVOCE | Spoils to covet, so it was said, under one's breath (5,4) |
| EVEREST | It was there (it was said) the day before the sabbath? (7) |
| NEEDED | Did a job for those making bread, it was said, when it was required (6) |
| PLAYING | Where, it was said, the Battle of Waterloo was won (7,6,2,4) |
| TATTERS | “Before this campaign started, it was said that I was facing political oblivion, my career in ____” (Peter Mandelson, after his 2001 re-election as MP for Hartlepool) |
| LAERTES | To whom it was said "to thine own self be true" |
| CARELESSTALK | Gossip that could cost lives, so it was said |
| QUOTH | Queen awfully hot, it was said (5) |
| SICTRANSITGLORIAMUNDI | Latin magnificence fades, it was said, cursing traditionalism possibly |
| CESTLAGUERRE | It was said to explain shortage of clues with greater complexity |
| BLINDLY | How 'You can't cut it' was said, undiplomatically? (7) |
| EUREKA | In Bath, it was said, England & UK are breaking up (6) |
| REMARKED | It was said to have been dirty again (8) |
| SOUGHT | Looked for a certain type it was said (6) |
| OMIT | Neglect home? It was said by a Cockney (4) |
| ROC | It was said to fly back in record time |
| FOLLY | Seward's purchase, it was said |
