| DROPSTHESUBJECT | Delivers the citizen by parachute - that changes the topic of conversation (5,3,7) |
| SPEAKOFTHEDEVIL | Coincidentally, Old Nick turns up just as he becomes the topic of conversation (5,2,3,5) |
| GEORGEHANDEL | Which German-born, late-Baroque composer was a naturalised English citizen by 1727 and wrote Zadok t |
| SUBJECTMATTER | Butter, jams etc. was the topic of conversation (7,6) |
| OPTIC | The dispenser changes the topic (5) |
| FREESPEECH | Right granted to US citizens by the First Amendment to their Constitution (4,6) |
| NATIONALHEALTHSERVICE | "Medical treatment [...] will be provided for all citizens by a ____" (Beveridge Report, 1942) |
| CHECKS | Examines Prague citizens by ear (6) |
| NOINTERESTLOANS | "And I could barely keep my eyes open in Economics, where the topic of the day was ___" |
| RAISETHESUBJECT | Bring up the topic of levitation? (5,3,7) |
| POINTOFINTEREST | Topic of conversation |
| ENLIGHTENMENT | Age of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen |
| IRIS | Part of the eye that changes the size of the pupil |
| COCOAPUFFS | Cereal that changes the color of the milk |
| SWITCH | - - - pass, play that changes the direction of the attack (6) |
| BROACH | Bring up the topic of the said item of jewellery (6) |
| NOT | Word that changes the entire meaning of a sentence |
| RUMBLESTRIP | Band that changes the noise of a vehicle's tyres |
| DYE | Pigment that changes the colour of something (3) |
| ACCIDENTAL | Sign that changes the pitch of a note |