| GESTAPO | Outfit that tried to get people talking of postage fiddle (7) |
| ICEBREAKER | Boaty McBoatface, by majority vote, a way to get people talking (10) |
| ALCHEMY | Medieval forerunner of chemistry that tried to convert base metals into gold (7) |
| NEWCOKE | Unsuccessful rollout that tried to imitate Pepsi |
| DEMERIT | Fault in a person that tried me grievously (7) |
| SPAMMER | One sneakily trying to get people to click |
| GASBAGS | People talking too much, holding up balloons? (7) |
| GABFEST | It's got a lot of people talking |
| AIRMAIL | Items of postage delivered by plane (7) |
| SKISUIT | Outfit that may include salopettes (2 wds.) |
| ONESIES | Babies' Halloween outfits that may depict skeletons or pumpkins |
| THETOWEROFBABEL | Exhibit 4: Monument to a structure that tried to connect to the cloud. |
| CONVERSATIONPIECE | Opposite church, outside smashed in patio? That'll get people talking! |
| BLARNEYSTONE | Mobile stolen nearby - might this get people talking? (7,5) |
| MYSTERIES | Show that tried to solve which herd of elephants went through the shrubs? (3,10,9) |
| BROKENWOOD | Show that tried to solve which herd of elephants went through the shrubs? (3,10,9) |
| THE | Show that tried to solve which herd of elephants went through the shrubs? (3,10,9) |
| LEE | Spike that tried to sue Spike TV |
| STIR | St. Louis band that tried to shake it up? |
| NRA | Gun group that tried to file for bankruptcy in 2021: Abbr. |