| MANTRA | Repeated words, a part of human tradition (6) |
| POSTIL | From "after those words", a marginal note, as in a Bible; a series of these, as a commentary; a homily; or, a book of homilies/sermons (6) |
| THORAX | Part of human torso between neck and diaphragm (6) |
| INSTEP | Arched part of human foot (6) |
| RABBLE | A large flutter of butterflies; a confused stream of words; a mob; or, the so-called great unwashed, hoi polloi or populace, collectively (6) |
| WAISTS | Narrowest parts of human trunks (6) |
| SICKIE | Staff taking time out - in other words, a possible skive? (6) |
| CONAIR | Big maker of small appliances, or, as two words, a 1997 action film |
| IRAISE | Words a bluffer dreads |
| ANYONE | Word a teacher might repeat while looking for volunteers |
| ACTION | Word a director shouts |
| ENCORE | Word a singer loves to hear fans shout |
| TIKTOK | Robot-like character in the Oz books by L. Frank Baum; or, as one word, a social media app for sharing short videos (3-3) |
| FLOURISH | From a word for a bloom, an ornamental curve; a grandiose passage of music or words; a mass of blossom on a tree; or, a fanfare (8) |
| FLIPFLOP | A soggy mess of food; a blundering use of a word; a person, such as a character in Joseph Andrews, guilty of said malapropism; an alternative name for a rubber thong; or, twaddle (8) |
| MANGE | Which part of human gets a skin disease? (5) |
| LOVELOCK | A long tress or braid of hair adorned by an Elizabethan or Jacobean "man of fashion"; or, as two words, a device attached to a bridge as a romantic gesture (8) |
| MIDRIFF | Central part of human body (7) |
| EARDRUM | Read about strange part of human anatomy (7) |
| OUTEREAR | External part of human auditory organ |
