| EXTRAMILE | Outstanding effort, so to speak |
| FORCE | Tour de ___, an outstanding effort |
| APLUSWORK | Outstanding effort ... or a feature of 16-, 21-, 34- and 46-Across? |
| ELBOWGREASE | Extra effort, so to speak |
| PHONEDIN | Did with minimal effort, so to speak |
| SWEAT | Great effort, so to speak |
| MAILITIN | Perform with minimal effort, so to speak |
| AGAME | One's best effort, so to speak |
| ERGOMETER | A measure of effort so satisfied the Queen |
| GOODSTART | "Nice effort so far" |
| ARCTIC | Kind of turn, so to speak, in a circle, so to speak(6) |
| BREADANDBUTTER | Routine to study and speak when beheaded, so to speak (5-3-6) |
| ORATE | Nothing to estimate, so to speak (5) |
| ENTRYFEE | Charge to admit, so to speak (5,3) |
| PANDA | Animal to procure, so to speak (5) |
| ADDRESS | Where to find one, so to speak (7) |
| DELIBERATE | It's calculated to enslave, so to speak (10) |
| OVERTOYOU | Your turn to bowl, so to speak |
| BASQUE | Spaniard to enjoy the sun, so to speak |
| PIQUED | Annoyed, having come to a climax, so to speak (6) |
