| A language that "speaks in emotions," per Keith Richards |
| Presidential advisor, affectionately |
| Loch beast, affectionately |
| Speaks incoherently |
| Latin abbr. meaning "he speaks |
| Bruin Phil, affectionately |
| Early Beatles, affectionately |
| 2011-12 L.A. Clippers team, affectionately |
| Affectionately |
| Casablanca" star, affectionately |
| Caress affectionately |
| Character who, in an 8/15/1939 Hollywood premiere, speaks the first words of this puzzle's five other longest answers |
| A Woman Speaks" writer |
| The Brooklyn Dodgers, affectionately |
| A Woman Speaks" writer Anaïs |
| Touch affectionately |
| Muppet who speaks in third person |
| Speaks for spirits |
| Holding affectionately |
| Former cager Erving affectionately |
| Murmured affectionately |
| Family member, affectionately |
| Biblical beast that speaks |
| Hold affectionately |
| Speaks sheepishly? |
| Speaks interrogatively |
| Down on the Corner" band, affectionately |
| Speaks indistinctly |
| Speaks to brusquely |
| Puerto Rico, affectionately, with "the |