| VERACITY | The truth is, I act very strangely (8) |
| EVITA | "The truth is I never left you" singer |
| OUTTHERE | The truth is ____, tagline of TV sci-fi series The X-Files (3,5) |
| EGOMANIA | Thing about me is I manage love badly |
| HAIRIEST | Earth is, I suspect, at most risk |
| PLAYWITHFIRE | Act very dangerously to produce very spirited drama (4,4,4) |
| VICHYWATER | A mineral I watch very strangely (5,5) |
| OVERANGRY | Groan very strangely when too livid (4-5) |
| VINDICTIVELY | How spiteful types act, very suggestively avoiding answer (12) |
| DELIGHTED | Blonde in act, very pleased (9) |
| DENIED | Declared it was untrue very strangely indeed |
| CONVEYANCER | Lawyer can once, very strangely (11) |
| DOVER | Act very inconclusively in town |
| WEIRDO | Person behaving very strangely |
| TURNSON | Comedy act, very new, excites |
| ATTACK | "The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may _ it, ignorance may deride it. but in the end, there it is": Winston Churchill (6) |
| XFILES | 'The truth is out there' TV series, with 'The' |
| THEXFILES | TV show that bore the tagline "the truth is out there" |
| TAGLINE | The truth is out there for The X-Files for example |
| WEIRDLY | Very strangely (7) |
