| SORETHROAT | The orator's nasty complaint? (4,6) |
| CHOLERA | Nasty complaint impeding cavity? Bend over! |
| DROPSY | Medic works on last bit of nasty complaint (6) |
| SPEAKERS | The orator's awkward situation in the Park (8,6) |
| ROSTRA | The orator's platform in the forum |
| ORA | Openings for some of the orators (3) |
| SPEAKINGPART | The role of the orator? (8,4) |
| MOURNING | The orator's time for grief (8) |
| BURKE | The orator sounds like a fool ... (5) |
| RISUM | Laughter; Quintilian recommends the orator ____ iudicis movere |
| SOAPBOX | Did its contents enable the orator to come clean? |
| ADDRESSBOOK | Will the orator be speechless if he lost it? |
| ORACLE | From the orator, a clear cut revelation (6) |
| CICERO | Commanding officer consumed rice cooked for Tully, the orator (6) |
| SPEECH | Metaphorically speaking, statistics provided by the orator (7,2,6) |
| FIGURESOF | Metaphorically speaking, statistics provided by the orator (7,2,6) |
| OFSPEECH | Could they be statistics supplied by the orator? (7,2,6) |
| FIGURES | Could they be statistics supplied by the orator? (7,2,6) |
| SPEAKFREELY | Say what you will, the orator won't be paid if he does (5, 6) |
| PAGETPEEVE | English surgeon's complaint? |