| MORALIST | Test, in a manner of speaking, in Cloud for preacher (8) |
| POLISHER | One doing a job on The Gloss, in manner of speaking, in hospital (8) |
| ORALEXAM | Puts the French to the test in a manner of speaking with probe (4,4) |
| DELIVERY | Manner of speaking in public (8) |
| SNARLING | Catching Labour leader in the middle of speaking in a vicious tone, perhaps |
| PULPIEST | Most sensational tablets stored in container for preacher |
| LECTERNS | Places for preachers in large accident centres (8) |
| STATUTES | Acts as trade union test, in a strange way (8) |
| POTHOLER | Look back in cloud of dust for underground explorer (8) |
| NAILEDIT | Passed the test in a big way |
| ORAL | Told to get off toll road for test, in a manner of speaking (4) |
| DUMBBELL | Weight of setter holding double bass in cloud (4-4) |
| CAULDRON | Cook's vessel, in cloud, ran on the rocks (8) |
| GREEKALPHABET | Alpha to omega in a manner of speaking in Athens (5,8) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
