| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| STATE | Speak | |
| SHOUT | Speak | |
| TALK | Speak | |
| SAY | Speak | |
| UTTER | Speak | |
| QUAVER | Speak unsteadily | |
| RAVE | Speak excitedly | |
| PREVARICATE | Speak evasively | |
| GASP | Speak breathlessly | |
| ANSWER | Speak back | |
| WHISPER | Speak softly | |
| FALTER | Speak unsteadily | |
| OPENUP | Speak freely | |
| TRIBAL | Speak endlessly | |
| ADDRESS | Speak to | |
| ADLIB | Speak off-the-cuff | |
| RATIONALISE | Speak sensibly | |
| MURMUR | Speak quietly | |
| MUTTER | Speak quietly | |
| SLUR | Speak unclearly | |
| DECLAIM | Speak rhetorically | |
| SPLUTTER | Speak incoherently | |
| BRAG | Speak boastfully | |
| ELIDE | Speak badly | |
| SCOFF | Speak derisively | |