| EVAPORATE | Put down flags, turning to speak, and vanish (9) |
| PAVING | Violet's stabbing pain putting down flags (6) |
| PAVEMENT | As it's laid down, flags should be visible |
| MUTTERING | Get the merciless one to speak and it is hard to understand it (9) |
| UNMUZZLED | Free to speak - and bite! (9) |
| ELABORATE | Doctor able to speak and explain further (9) |
| DISSIPATE | Spit ideas out and vanish (9) |
| EVERYWORD | 'We meet, and the angels sing; The angels sing the sweetest song I ever heard; You speak, and the an |
| SPLUTTERS | Small, quiet Liberal speaks and chokes (9) |
| SAPSUCKER | Bird speaks and Curt almost freaks out (9) |
| SCRAWL | Beginning to speak and move like a baby, words hard to understand |
| ESL | Class to teach immigrants how to speak and write in America: Abbr. |
| AROUNDTHECORNER | Coming right up, so to speak (and the key to this puzzle) |
| CUED | Lined up to speak and given a line (4) |
| TURNTAIL | Spin yarn, so to speak, and scarper (4,4) |
| FLUENT | Easily able to speak and write |
| SURGEON | Start to speak, and encourage the operator |
| TAINO | Language Caribbean used to speak and southeast Asian understand when spoken |
| RECTUS | Muscle severely damaged, so to speak, and useless |
| CUEBALL | What helps actor to speak and dance - part of a colourful game |
