| CADIZ | Where a rogue is, as one might say |
| UPTOTHEMINUTE | What hot news is, as one might count sixty seconds (2,2,3,6) |
| CARRYONESBAT | After palaver, bets a rogue is to avoid dismissal (5,4,3) |
| SOTOSPEAK | Drunk sailor on a high, as one might say |
| ACTBADLY | Ham in a roll, as one might say |
| YELP | A cry of "yes", as one might say, about money (4) |
| IVORNOVELLO | Brummie has a - as one might say - short unfinished book: "Circle of the Romantic English Composer" |
| OUSE | River to flow gently, as one might say (4) |
| REIGNS | Comes down, as one might say, and rules (6) |
| WISE | Canny-y-y-y, as one might say (4) |
| EXPENSE | What something costs in old money, as one might say? |
| MEDDLESOME | Award amount of money, as one might say, for interfering? |
| THREW | Cast finished, as one might say (5) |
| FINISH | Put an end to language, as one might say (6) |
| PUTIT | Throw the shot, as one might say |
| KNELL | Ring Eleanor, as one might say (5) |
| HIED | Hurried to conceal oneself as one might say (4) |
| PEDDLE | Sell spare part for piano, as one might say? |
| BEMYGUEST | Get me busy somehow, as 1 might say (2,2,5) |
| LIFER | Behind bars is as one serves, if never in a public house? (5) |
