| Have a conversation |  |  | 
          
            | "___ is cheap" | LA Times Daily | 21 Sep 2025 | 
          
            | What Chet Faker says "Is Cheap," in his eponymous song |  |  | 
          
            | Chew fat and spill beans | The Sun Two Speed | 21 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Speak | The Sun Two Speed | 21 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | Happy ___, song from the musical South Pacific (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Speech | The Telegraph Quick | 11 Jul 2025 | 
          
            | "___ Soup", forerunner of "The Soup" | TV | 15 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Speak up | Newsday | 11 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Converse | Wall Street Journal | 10 Jun 2025 | 
          
            | Converse | The Sun Mini | 31 May 2025 | 
          
            | Give a speech | Newsday | 28 May 2025 | 
          
            | Chat | Eugene Sheffer | 27 May 2025 | 
          
            | Conversation | The Times Sunday Concise | 25 May 2025 | 
          
            | TEDx presentation | USA Today | 17 May 2025 | 
          
            | Have a chat |  |  | 
          
            | Trash ___ (you might hear this at a boxing weigh-in) |  |  | 
          
            | Hospital kitchen in which short informal address is held (4) |  |  | 
          
            | "Tell us what you know" | Universal | 26 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Converse | New York Times | 22 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | What Chet Faker says "Is Cheap," in his eponymous song |  |  | 
          
            | Converse of turkey? (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Have a discussion | Commuter | 10 Apr 2025 | 
          
            | Korero (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Speak | Mirror Quick | 30 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Vital king has address (4) | Mirror Cryptic | 30 Mar 2025 | 
          
            | Quit clamming up |  |  | 
          
            | Grilling order? |  |  | 
          
            | Chit-chat with someone, say |  |  | 
          
            | Shoot the breeze | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 22 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Chat | The Telegraph Mini | 18 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | Chitchat | USA Today | 16 Feb 2025 | 
          
            | "____ --> | USA Today Quick | 30 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Sound off | Newsday | 17 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Conversation | Commuter | 03 Jan 2025 | 
          
            | Chat | The Telegraph Quick | 27 Dec 2024 | 
          
            | Chat, converse |  |  | 
          
            | Communicate with disheartened Turk about Arabic article |  |  | 
          
            | Conversation held in a hospital kitchen (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Discuss,... it over |  |  | 
          
            | Hash things out | Universal | 28 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Say plant's stem lacks direction (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Verbal exchange of vital knowhow (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Have a chat | Mirror Tea Time | 02 Oct 2024 | 
          
            | Something to ___ About (Bonnie Raitt song) |  |  | 
          
            | Speaker's event | New York Times | 10 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Speak (4) | Puzzler | 07 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Speak, chat |  |  | 
          
            | Speak | The Sun Two Speed | 02 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Gossip from Crystal Kay | The Sun Two Speed | 02 Sep 2024 | 
          
            | Have a conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Walk the ___ (put words into action) |  |  | 
          
            | TED ___ (certain presentation) | Universal | 13 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Chatter | USA Today | 01 Aug 2024 | 
          
            | Speak | USA Today Quick | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Chat | Commuter | 25 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | Converse | New York Times | 15 Jul 2024 | 
          
            | The first T in TTYL |  |  | 
          
            | "Run Away to Mars" singer |  |  | 
          
            | "Me ___ Pretty One Day" (2000 David Sedaris essay collection) |  |  | 
          
            | Have a conversation | Newsday | 24 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Small ___ (casual conversation) |  |  | 
          
            | Chitchat | LA Times Daily | 13 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Speak up | Commuter | 11 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Baby - Cross - Show (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Converse, chat | The Times Concise | 08 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Conversation | Mirror Classic | 07 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Pep ____ | The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 03 Jun 2024 | 
          
            | Never ____ to strangers, advice to children | The Telegraph Mini | 18 May 2024 | 
          
            | Radio format | LA Times Daily | 17 May 2024 | 
          
            | Trash ___ (you might hear this at a boxing weigh-in) |  |  | 
          
            | "If these walls could ___..." |  |  | 
          
            | What Chet Faker says "Is Cheap," in his eponymous song |  |  | 
          
            | Converse, say (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Speak | Newsday | 09 Apr 2024 | 
          
            | "Pillow ___"; Rock Hudson/Doris Day film |  |  | 
          
            | Discussion forms part of vital knowledge (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Chat, gossip | Puzzler Backwords | 03 Mar 2024 | 
          
            | Speak and discuss |  |  | 
          
            | Conversation with a semi-mortal king (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Declamation |  |  | 
          
            | Small ___ (casual conversation) |  |  | 
          
            | One way to communicate a piece of vital knowledge (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Have a conversation | Commuter | 27 Feb 2024 | 
          
            | "Careless ... costs lives!" the British government warned in February, 1940 in its nation-wide anti-gossip campaign |  |  | 
          
            | Give a speech | Newsday | 28 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | It comes before turkey or radio |  |  | 
          
            | Chat | Eugene Sheffer | 22 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | Conversation | Mirror Classic | 18 Jan 2024 | 
          
            | ___ of the town (what everyone is speaking about) |  |  | 
          
            | *Chitchat action with a hushed "l" in its name |  |  | 
          
            | Dog stealthily releases bit of stinky gas |  |  | 
          
            | "We need to ___" (lead-in to a possibly uncomfortable conversation) |  |  | 
          
            | Interrogation exclamation |  |  | 
          
            | Pillow_, 1959 Rock Hudson/Doris Day film (4) |  |  | 
          
            | Small ___, oft-awkward conversation one must engage in as a guest |  |  | 
          
            | Chat | Eugene Sheffer | 10 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | "Thank you for coming to my TED ___" | Universal | 01 Oct 2023 | 
          
            | Walk the ___ (put words into action) |  |  | 
          
            | Have a chat | USA Today | 13 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | Radio station format | Newsday | 06 Jul 2023 | 
          
            | It can be small, smooth or sweet | New York Times | 07 Jun 2023 | 
          
            | Have a conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Have a heart-to-heart, say |  |  | 
          
            | Vital Kremlin embraces dialogue | The Times Cryptic | 06 Dec 2022 | 
          
            | First T in TTYL | USA Today | 27 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Chat | Eugene Sheffer | 12 Oct 2022 | 
          
            | Make conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Speak; negotiate | The Telegraph Quick | 10 Sep 2022 | 
          
            | Chat | Eugene Sheffer | 25 Aug 2022 | 
          
            | Have a chat | USA Today | 21 May 2022 | 
          
            | ''Cheap'' or ''small'' stuff | Newsday | 16 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Chew the fat | Wall Street Journal | 13 Apr 2022 | 
          
            | Have a chat | Newsday | 29 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | Have a chat, say |  |  | 
          
            | Have a chat | USA Today | 23 Mar 2022 | 
          
            | "___ to the hand!," sarcastic '90s slang used to tell someone you're uninterested |  |  | 
          
            | I'm a TV show genre for Jimmy Fallon or John Oliver |  |  | 
          
            | Shoot the breeze | Universal | 25 Nov 2021 | 
          
            | ___ of the town |  |  | 
          
            | Interrogation demand | Wall Street Journal | 14 Oct 2021 | 
          
            | Say something | Universal | 12 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Radio format | Thomas Joseph | 10 Sep 2021 | 
          
            | Chat away |  |  | 
          
            | Walk the ___ |  |  | 
          
            | Format of much AM radio | New York Times | 12 Jul 2021 | 
          
            | A fair amount of 14 across speak to each other | Irish Times Crosaire | 16 Jun 2021 | 
          
            | Have a chat | USA Today | 16 Jan 2021 | 
          
            | Heart-to-heart, e.g | USA Today | 17 Nov 2020 | 
          
            | Hit song by Khalid from his album "Free Spirit" which was nominated for a Grammy in 2020 |  |  | 
          
            | Chatter | The Telegraph Quick | 24 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | It's cheap, they say | Universal | 21 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Chat | Eugene Sheffer | 15 Aug 2020 | 
          
            | Some costal kibbutz gossip | Irish Times Crosaire | 27 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Conversate | USA Today | 27 Jul 2020 | 
          
            | Hash things out | USA Today | 24 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | AM radio staple | LA Times Daily | 06 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | AM radio staple | The Washington Post | 06 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | Radio format | Thomas Joseph | 01 Jun 2020 | 
          
            | At Indian lake, king gets Tamil leader to chat |  |  | 
          
            | Small ___ (casual conversation) |  |  | 
          
            | Chitchat | Newsday | 31 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Speak up | Newsday | 30 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Have a heart-to-heart, maybe | Universal | 26 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Have a chat | Newsday | 17 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Chatter | Wall Street Journal | 16 Mar 2020 | 
          
            | Converse or chitchat |  |  | 
          
            | Support ditching leader in speech | The Telegraph Toughie | 06 Feb 2020 | 
          
            | Chitchat | LA Times Daily | 19 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Chitchat | The Washington Post | 19 Dec 2019 | 
          
            | Use your available minutes, say | Newsday | 29 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Be a stool pigeon | New York Times | 03 Nov 2019 | 
          
            | Be a stool pigeon |  |  | 
          
            | Shoot the breeze, say | USA Today | 26 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Chitchat | Universal | 25 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Speak | Family Time | 21 Oct 2019 | 
          
            | Speak | The Telegraph Quick | 18 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Give a speech | Newsday | 02 Jul 2019 | 
          
            | Converse | The Times Concise | 17 Jun 2019 | 
          
            | Have a conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture discussing twisting force |  |  | 
          
            | Engage in conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Sound off | Newsday | 09 May 2019 | 
          
            | Chat | Universal | 05 Feb 2019 | 
          
            | Have a chat | Universal | 21 Jan 2019 | 
          
            | Hash things out |  |  | 
          
            | Have a chat |  |  | 
          
            | Chat |  |  | 
          
            | Chitchat |  |  | 
          
            | Shoot the breeze, say |  |  | 
          
            | Much AM radio fare | USA Today | 29 Dec 2018 | 
          
            | ''Spill it!'' | Newsday | 26 Oct 2018 | 
          
            | Tail son leaving for speech |  |  | 
          
            | Chat | Newsday | 26 Sep 2018 | 
          
            | Chat | The Times Concise | 28 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Have a gabfest | USA Today | 24 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Conversation | LA Times Daily | 20 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Conversation | The Washington Post | 20 Aug 2018 | 
          
            | Spill the beans | USA Today | 26 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Converse | Universal | 25 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Break the ice, finally | The New Yorker | 16 Jul 2018 | 
          
            | Lecture | Wall Street Journal | 30 Jun 2018 | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | Say stuff | Family Time | 20 May 2018 | 
          
            | Conversation arising in Greek/Latin |  |  | 
          
            | Conversation | The Times Concise | 22 Apr 2018 | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | Much AM radio fare |  |  | 
          
            | Radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Have a gabfest |  |  | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | Converse |  |  | 
          
            | Piece of vital knowledge that's said to be cheap | The Telegraph Cryptic | 27 Aug 2017 | 
          
            | Lecture | New York Times | 12 Jul 2017 | 
          
            | Gossip found in costal kibbutz | Irish Times Crosaire | 07 Jun 2017 | 
          
            | Persuade Trump's no. 1 Klan organisation to, on crushing independent |  |  | 
          
            | Endless story beginning to kill conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Radio format | Wall Street Journal | 16 Mar 2017 | 
          
            | Rabbit found in hospital kitchens |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture | The Telegraph Quick | 09 Feb 2017 | 
          
            | Scuttlebutt |  |  | 
          
            | Scuttlebutt | Universal | 01 Jan 2017 | 
          
            | Spill the beans | Newsday | 10 Nov 2016 | 
          
            | Chat, at first, to a student leader of Kampucheans |  |  | 
          
            | Action's opposite, in a saying | The Washington Post | 18 Aug 2016 | 
          
            | Discussion | LA Times Daily | 30 May 2016 | 
          
            | Speak | Newsday | 17 May 2016 | 
          
            | Chat | The Telegraph Quick | 22 Mar 2016 | 
          
            | Radio station format | Newsday | 31 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Radio format | USA Today | 05 Jan 2016 | 
          
            | Radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Discussion |  |  | 
          
            | Proverbially cheap commodity | Newsday | 30 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Speech | The Telegraph Quick | 11 Jul 2015 | 
          
            | Informal speech | LA Times Daily | 14 Jun 2015 | 
          
            | Chat | Thomas Joseph | 04 May 2015 | 
          
            | 'Tell me what you know!' | New York Times | 13 Mar 2015 | 
          
            | Converse | LA Times Daily | 06 Feb 2015 | 
          
            | Chew the fat | Universal | 03 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Discussion | Eugene Sheffer | 02 Jan 2015 | 
          
            | Converse |  |  | 
          
            | Informal speech |  |  | 
          
            | Chew the fat |  |  | 
          
            | "Tell me what you know!" |  |  | 
          
            | Proverbially cheap commodity |  |  | 
          
            | It may be plain or sweet |  |  | 
          
            | Popular AM radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Chat |  |  | 
          
            | "Confess!" |  |  | 
          
            | Poison "___ Dirty to Me" |  |  | 
          
            | Radio show genre |  |  | 
          
            | Let the cat out of the bag |  |  | 
          
            | Type of show |  |  | 
          
            | Colloquium event |  |  | 
          
            | Chew the fat |  |  | 
          
            | Succumb to interrogation |  |  | 
          
            | "Confess!" |  |  | 
          
            | It's cheap, proverbially |  |  | 
          
            | It's cheap, so they say |  |  | 
          
            | Say something |  |  | 
          
            | Discuss it |  |  | 
          
            | Turn state's evidence |  |  | 
          
            | Discuss it |  |  | 
          
            | Verbalize |  |  | 
          
            | Repeated word in '80s band name |  |  | 
          
            | Engage in a gabfest |  |  | 
          
            | Repeated word in "It's My Life" band name |  |  | 
          
            | Heart-to-heart |  |  | 
          
            | With 41-Across, discuss |  |  | 
          
            | Coldplay smash for chatterboxes? |  |  | 
          
            | Killers: "Sweet ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Common radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Converse |  |  | 
          
            | It's cheap, so they say |  |  | 
          
            | It's cheap, they say |  |  | 
          
            | Type of daytime show |  |  | 
          
            | Heart-to-heart |  |  | 
          
            | Hype, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Chitchat |  |  | 
          
            | Have a conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Speak |  |  | 
          
            | Radio format |  |  | 
          
            | With 30-Down, Ellen, Oprah, or Conan program |  |  | 
          
            | Common radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Chitchat |  |  | 
          
            | Make a deal with the feds, say |  |  | 
          
            | Chitchat |  |  | 
          
            | Chitchat |  |  | 
          
            | Converse |  |  | 
          
            | Gossip |  |  | 
          
            | Speak |  |  | 
          
            | Radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Squeal |  |  | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | Converse |  |  | 
          
            | Chat |  |  | 
          
            | Rumors |  |  | 
          
            | Yak |  |  | 
          
            | It might be small or sweet |  |  | 
          
            | Disrupt a player on the tee, maybe |  |  | 
          
            | What people will do |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Oprah |  |  | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | Chat |  |  | 
          
            | Rumors |  |  | 
          
            | Big words |  |  | 
          
            | It's cheap, proverbially |  |  | 
          
            | Cheap commodity? |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of radio |  |  | 
          
            | Tie up the phone |  |  | 
          
            | Blab |  |  | 
          
            | Sing under pressure? |  |  | 
          
            | Gossip |  |  | 
          
            | Tête- -tête |  |  | 
          
            | Rumors |  |  | 
          
            | Blab |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Sing under pressure? |  |  | 
          
            | It's cheap, so they say |  |  | 
          
            | "In all labor there is profit, but mere ___ leads only to poverty": Proverbs |  |  | 
          
            | It is sometimes cheap |  |  | 
          
            | It's cheap, so they say |  |  | 
          
            | Sing under pressure? |  |  | 
          
            | Have a chat |  |  | 
          
            | Have a conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Word with baby and back |  |  | 
          
            | Gossip or chat |  |  | 
          
            | Gossip or chat |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | ____ Radio |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Pipe up |  |  | 
          
            | Chew the fat |  |  | 
          
            | Sound off |  |  | 
          
            | Act the rat |  |  | 
          
            | Have a chat |  |  | 
          
            | Have a chat |  |  | 
          
            | Hype, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | Ramble on |  |  | 
          
            | Chat |  |  | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | See 1-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Converse |  |  | 
          
            | Babble |  |  | 
          
            | Short address |  |  | 
          
            | Make a deal with the feds, say |  |  | 
          
            | Confess |  |  | 
          
            | See 1-Across |  |  | 
          
            | Type of daytime show |  |  | 
          
            | Speak |  |  | 
          
            | Have a conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Gab |  |  | 
          
            | Have a conversation |  |  | 
          
            | Gab |  |  | 
          
            | Tête- -tête |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of radio |  |  | 
          
            | Radio-show format |  |  | 
          
            | It may be small |  |  | 
          
            | Converse |  |  | 
          
            | Blab |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of show |  |  | 
          
            | Rumors |  |  | 
          
            | Powwow |  |  | 
          
            | Type of TV show |  |  | 
          
            | Hold forth |  |  | 
          
            | Powwow |  |  | 
          
            | It may be plain or sweet |  |  | 
          
            | Erstwhile Tina Brown project |  |  | 
          
            | Jack Paar's forte |  |  | 
          
            | Emulate Oprah |  |  | 
          
            | Chat |  |  | 
          
            | Sometimes it's sweet |  |  | 
          
            | Tête- -tête |  |  | 
          
            | Shoot the breeze |  |  | 
          
            | Short speech |  |  | 
          
            | Tell all |  |  | 
          
            | Vocalization |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Arbitration basis |  |  | 
          
            | With 38-Across, popular entertainment |  |  | 
          
            | Shoot the breeze |  |  | 
          
            | Address |  |  | 
          
            | Be a rat |  |  | 
          
            | What people will do |  |  | 
          
            | Short address |  |  | 
          
            | Take the floor |  |  | 
          
            | Chitchat |  |  | 
          
            | Speech |  |  | 
          
            | Radio format |  |  | 
          
            | Report |  |  | 
          
            | Rumors |  |  | 
          
            | Scuttlebutt |  |  | 
          
            | Confabulate |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Palaver |  |  | 
          
            | Converse |  |  | 
          
            | Chat |  |  | 
          
            | With 51 Down, Donahue program |  |  | 
          
            | Type of TV show |  |  | 
          
            | Proverbially cheap item |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of show |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture |  |  | 
          
            | Gossip |  |  | 
          
            | Substitute for action |  |  | 
          
            | It's cheap |  |  | 
          
            | "Pillow ___," 1959 film |  |  | 
          
            | Dialogue |  |  | 
          
            | "Four-letter word for psychotherapy": Hodgins |  |  | 
          
            | Chatter |  |  | 
          
            | Sermon, e.g. |  |  | 
          
            | Conference |  |  | 
          
            | Shoot the breeze |  |  | 
          
            | Spill the beans |  |  | 
          
            | Hearsay |  |  | 
          
            | Baby or chalk |  |  | 
          
            | Small or back |  |  | 
          
            | Discourse |  |  | 
          
            | Kind of TV show |  |  | 
          
            | Parley |  |  | 
          
            | "Pillow ___" |  |  | 
          
            | Rumor |  |  | 
          
            | Address. |  |  | 
          
            | Caucus specialty. |  |  | 
          
            | Sermon. |  |  | 
          
            | Speak. |  |  | 
          
            | Chatter. |  |  | 
          
            | Hearsay. |  |  | 
          
            | Conference presentation |  |  | 
          
            | Palaver. |  |  | 
          
            | Table ___. |  |  | 
          
            | Formal discussion. |  |  | 
          
            | Hype, with "up" |  |  | 
          
            | Parlance. |  |  | 
          
            | Filibuster's forte. |  |  | 
          
            | Discourse. |  |  | 
          
            | Speech. |  |  | 
          
            | Discussion. |  |  | 
          
            | Consult. |  |  | 
          
            | Conference. |  |  | 
          
            | Tête-á-tête. |  |  | 
          
            | Lecture. |  |  | 
          
            | Gossip. |  |  | 
          
            | "Cheap" commodity. |  |  | 
          
            | Speak to the point. |  |  | 
          
            | Rumor. |  |  | 
          
            | ___ turkey. |  |  | 
          
            | Confer. |  |  | 
          
            | Conversation. |  |  | 
          
            | Converse. |  |  |