| ACCIDENTPRONE | One had, in manner of speaking and lying, to be clumsy? |
| UNOPENED | A French franc, in a manner of speaking, and English old penny still in the box? (8) |
| UPRIGHT | Not lying, to be perfectly honest (7) |
| DOWDY | Jones' partner is heartless, cynical, in a manner of speaking, and not smart (5) |
| APPOSITE | Suitably, in fit manner, especially of speaking and writing |
| POLISHER | One doing a job on The Gloss, in manner of speaking, in hospital (8) |
| TRANSLATED | Exchanged words in manner of speaking with Troy and managed to get criticised harshly (10) |
| THUMBS | To be clumsy or awkward, is to be all which (6) |
| RHETORIC | The art of speaking and writing well and effectively (8) |
| DICTIONARIES | Book of words reveals way of speaking and sign (12) |
| ASITWERE | Waiters mixed up starter of 'escargot' or 'espresso' in manner of speaking (2,2,4) |
| DICTION | Moved to CID, in manner of speaking (7) |
| WORDTOTHEWISE | Take the hint, in manner of speaking, of a shrewd tip (4,2,3,4) |
| DISSECTION | Cutting up middle slice of dessert, in manner of speaking (10) |
| BRUTAL | Let in/off bullet train by Savage, in manner of speaking? (6) |
| BROWSE | Look around for what brother owes, in manner of speaking (6) |
| PIDGIN | Sounds like high-flyer finds common ground in manner of speaking (6) |
| TWANG | Flavour that's enthralled wife in manner of speaking (5) |
| EARTHY | Grounded, in manner of speaking, describing The Underground (6) |
| DISTINCTIVE | Difference isn't changing, in manner of speaking (11) |
