| ONEIS | To be an expert one needs to understand what is being said (4,4,3,2,7,5) |
| KNOWWHAT | To be an expert one needs to understand what is being said (4,4,3,2,7,5) |
| TALKINGABOUT | To be an expert one needs to understand what is being said (4,4,3,2,7,5) |
| TARGET | Sailor needs to understand what's to be aimed at |
| SEETHEPOINT | Visitors to coastline may understand what is being said (3,3,5) |
| GETTHEMESSAGE | Understand what is being communicated |
| LAYPERSON | Not an expert, one plays badly, taking rook |
| LIPREAD | See one's way to understand what is said (3-4) |
| GETTHERE | Summon the engineers to understand what is meant |
| SEEMS | Appears to understand what is written |
| SIGNLANGUAGE | In which one can see what is being said (4,8) |
| LISTENER | Someone paying attention to what is being said (8) |
| WEIGHONESWORDS | Realise the gravity of what is being said? (5,4,5) |
| REALISE | To understand what good ale is ... is English! (7) |
| ACHE | Desperately want to be an expert within the hour (4) |
| STARTOUT | Set off to be an expert ticket seller (5,3) |
| TRAINSPOTTER | Educates the clay worker to be an expert on railway stock (12) |
| KNOWALL | In Denmark now, Al likes to be an expert in every field (4-3) |
| DILETTANTE | Talented IT (anag) - amateur who pretends to be an expert? (10) |
| KNOWTHEROPES | Campanologist has to be an expert |