| ISSUEASTATEMENT | Most of those in 8 across start analysing announcement in talk to the press (5,1,9) |
| SPOKESMAN | Person chosen to talk to the press (9) |
| MAKESASTATEMENT | Talks to the press |
| HAND | Possessed relic in "Talk to Me" |
| BEGINS | Starts analysing beings? (6) |
| ISHRUNKTHEKIDS | Rick Moranis retired from liveaction films in 1997; he's now in talks to appear in a forthcoming sequel to this 1989 blockbuster |
| HONEY | Rick Moranis retired from liveaction films in 1997; he's now in talks to appear in a forthcoming sequel to this 1989 blockbuster |
| DENZEL | With 28-Across, actor in talks to join the forthcoming sequel to 2000's "Gladiator" |
| AGREETODISAGREE | Most of those in 8 across find half the teachers in 25 across leave a dispute unsolved (5,2,8) |
| GREEKRESTAURANT | Most of those in 8 across and 11 across in The Taverna (5,10) |
| PHOTOGRAPHALBUM | Holds all the shots, as still with one of those in 8 across and most of 26 across (10,5) |
| NOTAPRETTYSIGHT | Most of 24 across find area with 19 down and one of those in 8 across is as ugly as sin (3,1,6,5) |
| CHIEFEXECUTIVES | Most of those in 8 across and 11 across minding their own businesses presumably (5,10) |
| SHYDI | British royal, to the press, when she first stepped onto the world stage in the early 1980s: 2 wds. |
| OPENLETTER | Expose what's in envelope that's given to the press |
| ENGINEROOM | Part of the ship and part of the car and part of one of those in 8 across (6,4) |
| TRANSIT | Pass across start in buggy (7) |
| RELEASE | News announcement to the press |
| TYPEFACE | Kind impression is important to the press (8) |
| FOURTH | The -- estate, a name applied to the press (6) |
