| 100% | ORATORICAL | 10 | In a manner of speaking? |
| 100% | SOTOSAY | 7 | In a manner of speaking |
| 100% | ASITWERE | 8 | In a manner of speaking |
| 100% | ASWESAY | 7 | In a manner of speaking |
| 100% | SAY | 3 | In a manner of speaking |
| 93% | AEGIS | 5 | Umbrella, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | RADAR | 5 | Perceptiveness, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | PERCH | 5 | Stool, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | STORAGE | 7 | Memory, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | DISUSING | 8 | Dropping, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | LEWD | 4 | Loose, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | SMALL | 5 | Peanuts, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | RATE | 4 | Count, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | CUTONESLOSSES | 13 | Bailed out, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | MAZE | 4 | London streets, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | RRR | 3 | School basics, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | RRR | 3 | Classroom basics, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | DIALECT | 7 | Citadel changed, in a manner of speaking |
| 93% | RASPIEST | 8 | Most rough, in a manner of speaking? |
| 93% | PEPPERONIPIZZAS | 15 | Meat pies, in a manner of speaking |
| 90% | ACCIDENT | 8 | Passport or driver's license, in a manner of speaking |
| 88% | SPLICEDGENES | 12 | What 20-, 27- and 41-Across contain, in a manner of speaking |
| 86% | PARALLELPARKS | 13 | What 1-, 5-, 10-, 32-, 43- and 53-Down are, in a manner of speaking |
| 83% | SWIM | 4 | Thick of things, in a manner of speaking |
| 83% | KINDA | 5 | ___ sorta (in a manner of speaking) |
| 80% | STY | 3 | Many a dorm room, in a manner of speaking |
| 75% | BRONXACCENT | 11 | Telltale sign of a New Yorker, in a manner of speaking? |
| 70% | TIDEWATERACCENT | 15 | Manner of speaking in eastern Virginia |
| 69% | BOAST | 5 | To speak of in a proud manner about some achievement |
| 68% | MANNER | 6 | In a ___ of speaking |