| OPE | Unseal - poetically speaking! |
| RUSSIAN | European hurrying, loosely speaking! |
| SHARPEN | Raise from white to black, musically speaking! (7) |
| AUNT | Flaunted a bit, relatively speaking! (4) |
| ADAM | Arguably the first gardener - Biblically speaking! (4) |
| ACCENTS | Some of 'em get stressed when speaking! (7) |
| LEVEL | Is flat - palindromically speaking! (5) |
| UNCLE | Occasionally funny caller (relatively speaking!) |
| BIRD | A rail could be this - ornithologically speaking! (4) |
| ASTRALPLANE | Spirit level, theosophically speaking! (6,5) |
| COO | Hi this is a pigeon speaking! |
| PRACTISE | Repeatedly carry out ? ? That's the doctor's business, in a manner of speaking! (8) |
| VIVAVOCE | 5/4 on American victor? Innocents at the centre find this testing, in a manner of speaking! (4,4) |
| LAISSEZFAIRE | Doesn't interfere in philosophy? It's free for all, economically speaking! (7-5) |
| POSITIVEDEGREE | Certain qualification needed in English, comparatively speaking! (8,6) |
| ANATHEMA | It's a disgrace? Something the Pope said is cursed in a manner of speaking! (8) |
| SURELYYOUJESUIT | "Why, it must be this priest to whom I'm speaking!"? |
| ELOCUTION | The art of the perfect delivery? That'll teach you in a manner of speaking! (9) |
| NUMBERS | The subjects of this week's Miscellany, figuratively speaking! (7) |
| FIREINONESBELLY | Having just had hot curry, passionate in one's speaking! (4,2,4,5) |
