| GAINSAY | It's just a saying and how to contradict it (7) |
| BYWORDS | Common sayings and how they are perpetuated (7) |
| PROVERB | British car in lead? Just a saying (7) |
| DIFFERENT | With 60-Across, contrasting approaches, in a saying ...and a hint to the starred clues' answers |
| IDIOM | Modifiable fable, no - just a saying (5) |
| PARADOX | A statement that seems to contradict itself (7) |
| DESIRED | Wanted to contradict madam, indeed! (7) |
| SARCASM | Tone used when saying "I'm sooooo scared" |
| NIGELLA | Latin name of love-in-a-mist; or, the food writer whose books include How to Eat and How to Be a Domestic Goddess (7) |
| RESPITE | It concerns lasting ill-will and how to take a break from it (7) |
| RELEASE | It's about that tenancy agreement and how to free me from it (7) |
| NETBALL | Game ___ and how to score in it (7) |
| REPULSE | Concerns that beat and how to repel it (7) |
| BUDGETS | Summaries of intended expenditures and how to meet them (7) |
| STAR | Do you believe?: According to an old saying (and that famous Disney song), when you wish upon a ___, your dreams will come true |
| MOTET | Witty saying and French composition (5) |
| ERGO | Like igitur, inquam, as I was saying, and therefore |
| JOKER | Someone who likes saying and doing amusing things |
| ALLMOUTH | Saying, '- - - and no trousers' (3,5) |
| BOTTOMOUT | Fight over uplifting saying and reach lowest point (6,3) |
