| CACOLOGY | From Greek for "bad speech", a term for a poor choice of words or faulty pronunciation, aka a blunder (8) |
| 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) |
| PAROLE | From "saying, speech", a term for a word of honour, especially by a POW; the conditional release of such a prisoner; or, a guard's password (6) |
| THELORDSSPRAYER | Evangelist with a bad speech impediment? |
| DYSTOPIA | Literally, Greek for "bad place" |
| BUNK | One of a pair of single berths or shelflike beds, one above the other; or, from the name of a North Carolinian county alluded to in an inane speech, a word for claptrap, humbug or tedious nonsense (4) |
| WERENOTGONNATAKEIT | Twisted Sister song that would be a poor choice for use in a FedEx ad? |
| GODONLYKNOWS | Beach Boys song that would be a poor choice for use in a Google ad? |
| ITSNOTUNUSUAL | Tom Jones song that would be a poor choice for use in a Christie's auction house ad? |
| HOWSWEETITIS | Marvin Gaye song that would be a poor choice for use in a ReaLemon ad? |
| SHAKERATTLEANDROLL | Bill Haley & His Comets song that would be a poor choice for use in a U-Haul ad? |
| HEARTBREAKHOTEL | Elvis Presley song that would be a poor choice for use in a Sheraton ad? |
| RAP | Word for rhythmic speech; a legal charge; or, a sharp blow, knock or strike, such as by a boxer's reach (3) |
| PHRASE | From "tell", a combination of words; or, a manner of expression (6) |
| ASTERISK | A figure of a star used in writing and printing, often to indicate omission of words or letters (8) |
| SIEVE | As a water container, it's a poor choice |
| GETOFFOFMYCLOUD | Stones song that would be a poor choice for use in an IBM ad? |
| ADDICTION | Dependence of a leader of debate on choice of words |
| GLOSSARY | An alphabetical list of words with meanings of words or phrases that are hard to understand (8) |
| JURISDICTION | Extent of power of non-English panels over choice of words |
