| TELEPHONECALL | Similar to one of those in 14 down on visit picked up at the start of a conversation (9,4) |
| PUMPSOUT | Produces large amount of 14 down on holiday (5,3) |
| LUCKOFTHEDRAW | As fate would have it, it determines line-up at the start (4,2,3,4) |
| PLACEONRECORD | Officially talk to a journalist in a loud fish joint - even for most of those in 14 down (5,2,6) |
| OVERSENSITIVE | Doctor on visit -- severe and a bit too touchy? (13) |
| INVESTIGATORS | Great on visits, when working? |
| PACER | The FitnessGram ___ Test is a multistage aerobic-capacity test that progressively gets more difficult as it continues. The 20-meter ___ test will begin in 30 seconds. Line up at the start. The running |
| SOBRIQUET | Start of a conversation with Fox News analyst Hume? (Surprise! Did you expect a clue about monikers?) |
| HEY | ___ Soul Sister 2009 song by rock band Train and maybe the start of a conversation |
| PSST | Start of a conversation in class, maybe |
| SIGNAL | What tugging your ear might be to a friend who you want to get you out of a conversation |
| TRANSCRIPT | A written text of a conversation or speech, based on a recording or notes (10) |
| STARLIKE | Dog, for example, of a kind similar to one of the Pointers (8) |
| LETSJUSTSAY | Start of a conversation stopper |
| HELIUM | This makes the balloon go up at the start of 15 (6) |
| AGLOW | Lit up at the start of a great depression (5) |
| TOSSED | Threw up at the start of a match (6) |
| GOODBYE | 1998 song by the girl group Spice Girls and maybe the end of a conversation |
| VENOM | Poison mix-up at the start of November (5) |
| JUMPER | Piece of clothing picked up at the flea market? (6) |
