| UPTALK | Manner of speaking in which statements are spoken as if questions (6) |
| SLURRED | Spoken as if with a thick tongue. |
| MAO | Leader whose statements are collected in the Little Red Book |
| ACCOUNTHOLDERS | Statements are addressed to them (7,7) |
| ONTHERECORD | How public statements are made |
| FRENCH | Type of toast, in a manner of speaking, in Canada (6) |
| HELIUM | It changes things in a manner of speaking in balloons (6) |
| GERMAN | Emigrant loses it - in a manner of speaking, in Berlin (6) |
| SPEAKS | Passes the day, in a manner of speaking, in States (6) |
| ARABIC | Language, varieties of which are spoken in Baghdad and Yemen (6) |
| ACCENT | Way of speaking in a cricket club supplied with no end of alcohol (6) |
| PROMPT | A word or phrase spoken as a reminder to an actor of a line (6) |
| ORALLY | Said to be spoken as alternative to a friend (6) |
| INGEST | Take in just how many true words are spoken? |
| NEWMAN | Seinfeld's neighbor whose name is spoken as an epithet |
| VERBAL | Spoken, as an agreement |
| OLDHIGHGERMAN | Elderly stoned native of Munster? In a manner of speaking, in the past (3,4,6) |
| GREEKALPHABET | Alpha to omega in a manner of speaking in Athens (5,8) |
| FANG | Provides support to force, in a manner of speaking, in Cameroon (4) |
| USAGE | Practice, in a manner of speaking, in America takes time (5) |
