| COCKANDBULLSTORY | Phrase meaning a long and unbelievable tale? (4,3,4,5) |
| INNINGS | A good ___ , phrase meaning 'a long life' (7) |
| TALL | Not short, like an unbelievable tale? (4) |
| NINETEENCANTEEN | A nonsense date meaning a long time ago (8,7) |
| BEAUCOUPBUCKS | Alliterative phrase meaning "a lot of cash" formed by a word meaning "boyfriend" + a word meaning "forceful takeover" + male deer: 2 wds. |
| SALADDAYS | Phrase meaning a period of youth and inexperience, coined in Shakespeare's Antony And Cleopatra (5,4) |
| ASICS | Sneaker brand that's an acronym of a Latin phrase meaning "a sound mind in a healthy body" |
| RARAAVIS | Latin phrase meaning a rare bird or a rarity? (4,4) |
| SUBJUDICE | Latin phrase meaning a case is under consideration by a court |
| THEREALDEAL | Phrase meaning "a legit thing" whose second and third words rhyme: 3 wds. |
| EXPRESSION | Phrase meaning a feeling for music (10) |
| FAUXPAS | French phrase meaning a gaffe or embarrassing blunder (4,3) |
| VIAMEDIA | Latin phrase meaning a compromise between two extremes, middle course (3,5) |
| ANARMANDALEG | Phrase meaning 'a lot of money' (2,3,3,1,3) |
| KICK | ____ in the teeth, phrase meaning 'a humiliating setback' (4) |
| DOGSDINNER | Phrase meaning a complete mess (4,6) |
| REDLETTERDAY | Colorful phrase meaning a special occasion |
| INMOTION | Poetry ___, phrase meaning 'a thing graceful to observe' (2,6) |
| TONI | Knives Out and Unbelievable actress, ... Collette (4) |
| COCKANDBULL | Fabricated and unbelievable (4-3-4) |