| VIEIRA | "25 Words or Less" host Meredith |
| LIMIT | "25 words or less," e.g. |
| BIO | One's life, in 25 words or less |
| CONTEST | "25 words or less" event |
| BRIEFLY | In 25 words or less |
| GSN | Cable channel whose original shows include Master Minds and 25 Words or Less |
| LESS | "In 25 words or ___ . . ." |
| ORLESS | "In 25 words ___..." |
| SHORTVIEWS | Op-ed pieces of fewer than 25 words, say? |
| CYRIL | 25 words, swapping first and last (5) |
| QUOTATION | & 25 Words Poirot and Hastings said Christie kept between them, perhaps (9,5) |
| NOUNS | The 25 words on a Codenames board, by part of speech |
| PICASSO | Spanish painter, Pablo, whose name in full is 25 words long (7) |
| FELICITY | From the Latin meaning "happy", a feeling of delight or joy; a blessing; or, aptness or elegance of one's choice of words or expression (8) |
| LASHINGS | Cords for securing; bindings preventing ropes from unravelling or fraying; floggings with whips or with words; or, oodles of something, such as cream or ginger beer (8) |
| VOLLEY | From "to fly", a flight of arrows, bullets or other missiles; a flying shot in soccer or tennis; or, a salvo of barks, curses, questions, words or the like (6) |
| ANAGRAMS | Words or phrases, the letters of which can be rearranged into other words or phrases (8) |
| BARRAGE | Type of gated river dam; an outburst of criticisms, questions or words; or, a tiebreaker bout or fight-off in fencing (7) |
| NONSENSE | Absurd or meaningless words or ideas (8) |
| GRAFFITI | Words or drawings scribbled, or sprayed illicitly on walls (8) |
