Possible Clues:

• It might be small or sweet
• Word with pep or pillow
• The South, in short, could stem such speech
• With 30-Down, Ellen, Oprah, or Conan program
• Grilling order?
• Word on local lips is not OK � what gets left out?
• Popular AM radio format
• Succumb to interrogation
• A fair amount of 14 across speak to each other
• Give a speech