| DIRECTACTION | React violently, in a manner of speaking, in protests |
| RETCH | React violently, in a way |
| SACRAMENT | Man reacts violently in baptism, say |
| TWIST | Turn violently in a once popular dance |
| FRENCH | Type of toast, in a manner of speaking, in Canada (6) |
| OLDHIGHGERMAN | Elderly stoned native of Munster? In a manner of speaking, in the past (3,4,6) |
| FANG | Provides support to force, in a manner of speaking, in Cameroon (4) |
| GREEKALPHABET | Alpha to omega in a manner of speaking in Athens (5,8) |
| HELIUM | It changes things in a manner of speaking in balloons (6) |
| USAGE | Practice, in a manner of speaking, in America takes time (5) |
| GERMAN | Emigrant loses it - in a manner of speaking, in Berlin (6) |
| MORALIST | Test, in a manner of speaking, in Cloud for preacher (8) |
| SPEAKS | Passes the day, in a manner of speaking, in States (6) |
| POLISHER | One doing a job on The Gloss, in manner of speaking, in hospital (8) |
| UPTALK | Manner of speaking in which statements are spoken as if questions (6) |
| TIDEWATERACCENT | Manner of speaking in eastern Virginia |
| DELIVERY | Manner of speaking in public (8) |
| ELOCUTION | Manner of speaking in clue too tricky (9) |
| SPLASHOUT | React violently after some people initially spend a lot of money |
| SNARLING | Catching Labour leader in the middle of speaking in a vicious tone, perhaps |
