| SOCRATIC | ___ method, a form of dialogue which encourages critical thinking (8) |
| SQUAD | Team's strategic dialogue which includes India (5) |
| BLAMEGAME | Critical thinking exercise? |
| MISTLETOE | We hear a girl will pull, which encourages a kiss? |
| HELLO | World ___ Day (Nov. 21 is the 49th annual edition of this, which encourages you to greet 10 people you normally might not have; we've given you four ways to do it in the theme entries) |
| KOMINSKY | Michael Douglas plays an ageing actor in The _ Method (8) |
| PENCILIN | Tentatively plan writer abridging a bit of dialogue at the end of chapter one |
| SUBTITLE | Translation of dialogue on foreign film (8) |
| FRANKLIN | Tale-teller's honest bit of dialogue cut (8) |
| HEADLINE | Star gets top bit of dialogue (8) |
| STEAMER | A duck that flaps its wings like the paddle wheels of a vapour-powered boat of the same name; a utensil for cooking food using a moist-heat method; a soft-shell clam; or, a robber operating in a gang |
| REPARTEE | Wilde kind of dialogue |
| ASSENT | Royal ____, method by which a monarch approves a legislative act (6) |
| MANNER | A way or method; a style of art, literature, thought, writing etc; or, one's bearing or behaviour (6) |
| WAYWARDNESS | Irregularity of method, a drawback on the headland (11) |
| MOOVINGVAN | Method a cow uses to relocate from pasture to pasture? |
| MIKADO | Using pull-over method, a kimono envelops emperor (6) |
| VIDE | Sous ___. method of cooking food sealed in an airtight plastic bag in a water bath (4) |
| COIL | ___ Method feeder has a spiral base (4) |
| HACK | Hampton ___, method of pruning perennials after they've flowered (4) |
