| WOODCHAT | Would, you say, talk, though no parrot |
| CONVERSE | Talk, though not in favour of poetry (8) |
| SNUB | Say "Talk to the hand," say |
| SASS | Say "Talk to the hand, 'cause the face ain't listenin'," say |
| PAWNSHOP | Uncle's place of business - or Pop's, would you say? (8) |
| BROUGHAM | Horse-drawn carriage cleaner would you say? (8) |
| RIGOROUS | Strictly accurate equipment letting in water, though no opening (8) |
| AFFLUENT | A quantity of sewage, though no initial flush (8) |
| LUNCHEON | Eat, though no starter included in held-up Christmas meal (8) |
| ANDROGEN | It's sex-associated, though no danger in circulation (8) |
| BOUTIQUE | Match fit, perhaps, though no start in store (8) |
| REOPENED | Accessible once more, though no deeper, possibly (8) |
| NOWADAYS | A tad snowy, though no time to shiver in the current climate (8) |
| WASHEDUP | Carried onto shore though no longer effective (6-2) |
| WOOD | Golf club for Sir Henry, would you say? (4) |
| CLOSEGRAINED | Unravelling a logic, denser as compressed would you say? (5-7) |
| OVERWHELM | Prevail on Dark Lady, would you say? (9) |
| KRIS | Weapon that needs ironing, would you say? (4) |
| SPOTON | Bottoms up, would you say? Absolutely right (4-2) |
| HOLLYWOOD | There's a place for tinsel as Christmas decoration, would you say? |
