| TALKINGSHOP | Not leaving work behind, in a manner of speaking? |
| BAR | What Tracey works behind in EastEnders (3) |
| DRAWL | With honours even, left behind, in a manner of speaking (5) |
| CAFENOIR | Bubbly of Racine - a French drink in a manner of speaking? (4,4) |
| ORAL | What's the point of a fable without an introduction, in a manner of speaking? (4) |
| PHOBIA | Irrational fear of flower found outside hotel - the type they eat in the Gaeltacht, in a manner of speaking? (6) |
| BROGUE | Put your foot in it, in a manner of speaking? (6) |
| PARLANCE | Can Pearl get a grip, in a manner of speaking? |
| REPORTEDLY | Write about writer on third and fourth of July in a manner of speaking? (10) |
| MOTHERTONGUE | The first thing that comes out of one's mouth in a manner of speaking? Everyone says that! (6,6) |
| DRIVETHROUGHS | Types of restaurants for those taking car ferry, in a manner of speaking? True on starboard! (5-8) |
| OXYMORON | The walking dead, in a manner of speaking? That sounds contradictory! (8) |
| METAPHOR | Homer apt to be silly in a manner of speaking? (8) |
| AWEIGH | Raised at sea, in a manner of speaking? |
| TROPE | Drink to excess, swallowing river in a manner of speaking? |
| RASPIEST | Most rough, in a manner of speaking? |
| HEIR | He'll get what's left, in a manner of speaking? |
| BRUTAL | Let in/off bullet train by Savage, in manner of speaking? (6) |
| FIGUREOUT | Translate 'craic', in a manner of speaking? (6,3) |
| ACCENT | Stress (in a manner of speaking?) (6) |
