| THEYREDRAWN | What you can say about sketches, and about the answers to the starred clues |
| THATSRICH | "You're one to talk!," or what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| THATSANORDER | "Do it now!," and what can be said about the answers to the starred clues |
| WHEREISTHELIE | "You can't deny it," and a good question about the answers to the starred clues |
| ITSASTART | "We've made some progress," and what one might say about the answer to each starred clue |
| ITSADELIGHT | "I love this!" ... or, phonetically, remark about the answer to each of the starred clues |
| GOODLUCK | If it's always expected for the better, here's what you can say to that! (4,4) |
| AWL | Everything you can say about the tool (3) |
| FORUM | Of and about the drink and where to buy it and other things (5) |
| FONT | It's of and about the Northern Territory and the baby's place in it (4) |
| YOUVEGOTMETHERE | I don't know what you can say after being given lift |
| THAT | What you can say again? |
| MARTENS | Name, evocative of pine weasels, of a paysagist and former Hyacinth sailor whose sketches and watercolours from his later Beagle voyage illustrate the landscapes and milieux that helped shape his ship |
| EDITOR | Tried to get round and about the boss, on paper (6) |
| CONSOLE | Once out and about, the sun does alleviate the gloom (7) |
| HEPATIC | Dispersed the endless pain around and about the liver (7) |
| PERINATAL | Ring about train crash and about the time of delivery (9) |
| EXIST | Live to get out and about the seafront (5) |
| STREPTOCOCCI | Bacteria company found in and about the tropics, etc. (12) |
| CATSEYES | Pets see around and about the unknown, becoming valuable road guides (4,4) |
